Sparton Corporation's Board Approves Construction of a 50,000 sq. ft. Facility and Formally Addresses a Number of Corporate Governance Issues

April 26, 2004 - Jackson, Michigan- Electronics design and manufacturing service (EMS) provider, Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) announced that its Board of Directors on April 23, 2004, approved an expenditure of up to $7 million, including land, building, and initial operating expenses, to expand the Company's operations into Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The authorization includes the construction of a 50,000 square foot facility on a parcel of land in the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park large enough to accommodate a future expansion of equal size as the business warrants.

With the addition of the new facility, Sparton will be the first U.S. owned EMS provider in Vietnam. The new facility will house both electronics manufacturing operations and engineering services for Spartronics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sparton Corporation. With the addition of Spartronics, Sparton Corporation will have over 800,000 square feet of combined manufacturing and administrative space in the U.S., Canada, and now, Vietnam. Construction will commence almost immediately with completion expected by January of 2005 or before. The Company will begin hiring and training personnel during the summer months prior to the opening of the facility. Jason Craft, longtime Director of Operations for Sparton's Brooksville, Florida location, has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of Spartonics, Inc.

At its April meeting, the Board also discussed and approved a number of important issues related to corporate governance. The Board reviewed and formally adopted charters for the following Board Committees: Audit, Compensation, Executive, and Nominating and Corporate Governance. Additionally, Corporate Governance guidelines and a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics were adopted. Several of these replace informal policies or practices that have been in place for years.

The Company's Board is comprised of nine directors, six of whom after evaluation and discussion have been determined to be independent. Previously the Independent Directors had selected Mr. William Noecker as the presiding director of meetings of the independent directors. With the recent changes in Committee assignments, all directors on Sparton's Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees are independent directors. Previously, at its February Board meeting, the Board had established a formal communications process for all shareowners of Sparton to use in communicating with either the Board of Directors or Management of the Company.

All materials will be available for review on Sparton's Corporate website "http://www.sparton.com/"

Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) now in its 104th year, provides design engineering and electronics contract manufacturing services utilizing six manufacturing locations encompassing nearly 800,000 sq. ft. along with several alliance partner facilities. 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, post-manufacturing and engineering 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 services range from repair depot, direct ship, distribution management to field support.

"Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: To the extent any statements made in this release contain information that is not historical, these statements are essentially forward-looking and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the difficulty of predicting future results, the regulatory environment, fluctuations in operating results and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.