Sparton Corporation Opens a Medical Manufacturing Area in Its Florida Facility

JACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2004--Electronics Design and Manufacturing Service (EMS) provider Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) today announced the opening of a state-of-the-art medical manufacturing area to support its medical design business.

The 10,000 square-foot area, located in its DeLeon Springs, Florida facility will be utilized by Sparton Medical Solutions, a business group of Sparton Corporation which designs and manufactures medical electronics.

This manufacturing area offers enhanced environmental and cleanliness controls for the manufacture of Class I, II, and III electronic medical devices. Enhancements in the new area include HEPA air-filtration, precleaning of manufacturing materials and gowning procedures for manufacturing personnel.

The opening of this state-of-the-art area was celebrated with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony. Attendees included Sparton CEO, David Hockenbrocht, Dr. Chi Van Dang, Vice Dean for Research Johns Hopkins Medicine, Robert Kundinger, Director of Medical Business Development and Sparton Alliance Partner representatives.

Robert Kundinger, Director of Medical Business Development, said, "The development of this specialized area is an indication of the trend by medical companies to outsource their electronic design and manufacturing requirements. Companies are looking for ways to address their cost and time-to-market issues and Sparton provides a solution that includes state-of-the-art facilities. We are excited by the new customer relationships that have made this step possible."

Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) now in its 104th 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.