**UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM 8-K**

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**Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                      Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 27, 2001**

**SOLECTRON CORPORATION**
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



|**1-11098**              | **94-2447045**                      
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|(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number)

**777 Gibraltar DriveMilpitas, California     95035**(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

**408-957-8500**(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

**Not Applicable**(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)







ITEM 5. Other Events

On August 27, 2001, the Registrant issued a press release regarding its
appointment of new Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Kiran
Patel. The press release in its entirety follows:

|Media Contacts:
Kevin Whalen
Solectron Corporation
(408) 956-6854 (U.S.)
kevinwhalen@ca.slr.com | Analysts Contacts:
Thomas Alsborg
Solectron Corporation
(408) 956 6614 (U.S.)
thomasalsborg@ca.slr.com
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For Immediate Release: August 27, 2001

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Solectron Corporation (NYSE: SLR), the world's leading
provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services,
announced today that Kiran Patel has joined the company as a senior vice
president and officer. Effective Sept. 1, Patel will become Solectron's chief
financial officer and assume responsibility for Solectron's legal department.

Susan Wang, senior vice president and current chief financial officer, will
transition her financial and legal duties to Patel and will focus her full-time
attention on the company's increasing new business development activities, which
include negotiating customer outsourcing agreements, mergers and acquisitions.
Wang, an officer of the company and corporate secretary, will take on a new role
as senior vice president, business development, and will report directly to the
chief executive officer. Wang currently leads both the global finance and
business development functions, as well as the company's legal department.

"This is another step in meeting our ongoing objective to further deepen our
leadership team as the needs and scope of our business continue to grow," said
Ko Nishimura, Solectron chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Susan
has done an absolutely tremendous job of building a strong finance organization
and of helping develop and execute our business strategy. She will continue her
vital role in the company by dedicating her energies to Solectron's increasing
business development initiatives, which are key elements of our growth strategy.

"Kiran's strong leadership record gives us the confidence to make these
changes. In addition to being an experienced chief financial officer of a global
company, he has expertise in logistics, strategic planning, international
operations and electrical engineering, and he has worked extensively with the
financial community," Nishimura said. "He has the skills, experience and
perspective required to help ensure Solectron's continued success, and he will
be an excellent addition to our senior team."

Patel joins Solectron after an extensive career with Cummins Inc., a
worldwide designer and manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines, engine
components and subsystems. In 27 years with that company, Patel held leadership
positions in finance and operations. He also led a number of business operating
units, including the company's Brazil subsidiary, and its Atlas Inc. and
Fleetguard Inc. units. Most recently, Patel was executive vice president and
chief financial officer from 1996 through 2000. He left Cummins last fall to
become chief financial officer of iMotors, Inc., a privately held online seller
of pre-owned automobiles. Patel, a certified public accountant, earned a
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in business
administration from the University of Tennessee.

Wang joined Solectron in 1984 as manager of finance, after serving as manager
of financial services for Xerox Corporation. In 1986, she was promoted to vice
president of finance and chief financial officer, and she was instrumental in
taking Solectron public in 1989. In 1990, Wang became senior vice president and
she has served as corporate secretary since 1992. Among Wang's many major
accomplishments at Solectron, she took a leadership role in developing the
electronic manufacturing services industry's first asset divestiture model in
1992 - an approach that has helped drive Solectron's significant growth over the
last decade.

About Solectron

Solectron
(www.solectron.com), the world's leading
supply-chain facilitator, provides a full range of manufacturing and supply-chain
management services to the world's premier high-tech electronics companies.
Solectron's offerings include new-product design and introduction services,
materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and
end-of-life support. Solectron, based in Milpitas, Calif., is the first two-time
winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for manufacturing.

SOLECTRON CORPORATION

**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



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| | SOLECTRON CORPORATION
                                   (Registrant)



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| | By: | /s/ Susan S. Wang

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| | Susan S. Wang                                                                                            
| | Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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