Sparton Corporation Receives 2005 Service Excellence Award For Electronics Manufacturing Service Providers

JACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2005--Electronics Design and Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider, Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) is the recipient of several 2005 Service Excellence Awards for Electronic Manufacturing Service providers.

UP Media Group Inc.'s Circuits Assembly magazine announced their awards at the APEX 2005 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 in five of the last six competitions.

A donation of $5,000 was made on Sparton's and other participants' behalf to the Surface Mount Technology Association's Charles Hutchins Educational Grant. Part of each participant's entry fee included a donation towards this grant.

About Sparton
Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) now in its 105th year, provides high mix, low to medium volume electronics design and manufacturing services utilizing six manufacturing locations encompassing over 700,000-sq. ft. along with seven 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 services range from repair depot, direct ship, distribution management to field support.

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