Sparton Corporation Receives 2003 Service Excellence Award

(Jackson, MI)-April 7, 2003-Electronics Design and Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider, Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) is the recipient of several 2003 Service Excellence Awards for Electronic Manufacturing Service providers.

Circuits Assembly magazine announced the awards at the APEX 2003 conference in Anaheim, CA. Competitors were categorized based on annual revenues. Sparton won five of the six awards available in the medium-company category - companies with revenues between $100 and $500 million in annual sales.

Participants were rated by their own customers on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (superior) in five service categories: dependability/timely delivery; manufacturing quality; responsiveness to requests and changes; technology; and value for the price. Sparton won all five individual categories of service excellence.

Since 1998, Sparton has been recognized as a top-quality service EMS provider three years out of the last four available competitions.

The Service Excellence Award is an annual competition sponsored by Circuits Assembly Magazine who made a donation of $2,500 on Sparton and other entrants’ behalf to the SMTA’s (Minneapolis, MN) Charles Hutchins Educational Grant.

Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) now in its 103rd year, provides high mix, low to medium volume electronics contract manufacturing services utilizing six manufacturing locations encompassing over 700,000-sq. ft. along with numerous alliance partner facilities throughout North America and Europe. In addition to strong core surface mount technology (SMT) and plated through-hole (PTH), printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and complete assembly manufacturing capabilities, Sparton offers a complete range of pre-manufacturing and post-manufacturing services. Pre-manufacturing services include product development, concurrent engineering, design for test (DFT), design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), printed circuit board design and quick-turn prototyping. Post-manufacturing service range from repair depot, direct ship, distribution management to field support.