AGREEMENT

                           Altron purchased by Sanmina

1.   REPRESENTATIONS

     This is an Agreement  between Adept  Technology,  Inc.  located at 150 Rose
     Orchard Way,  San Jose,  California  95134,  ("Buyer")  and Altron  Systems
     Corporation, located at 48133 Warm Springs Blvd., Fremont, California 94539
     ("Seller").

2.   PURPOSE

     This  Agreement  is written and executed in good faith on the date of final
     execution (the "Effective Date") by both parties,  with the mutual interest
     of developing a long lasting  business  relationship  that will be mutually
     profitable and  successful.  In executing this Agreement the parties hereto
     declare  they  are  each  independent   contractors  and  the  transactions
     described in this Agreement constitute the extent and total relationship of
     the parties.

3.   TERM OF AGREEMENT

     The Term of this  Agreement  shall be three  (3) years  from the  Effective
     Date,  unless either party  initiates  formal  notification of termination.
     Thereafter,  this  Agreement  may be extended by mutually  signed,  written
     amendment.

4.   PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

     Buyer agrees to purchase  printed circuit  assemblies  (the  "Products") as
     specified by written  purchase  orders,  and Seller  agrees to deliver such
     Products in compliance with Buyer's purchase order documents,  and mutually
     agreed specifications and Seller's order acknowledgments.  Buyer and Seller
     agree to consider  other  products,  assemblies  and/or  services  that are
     compatible with each other's business purpose and end products and services
     as a means of enhancing and further developing the success of this business
     relationship.

5.   APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

     All deliverables  under this Agreement shall be manufactured,  assembled or
     otherwise   modified  or  value  added,  in  accordance  with  the  Buyer's
     specifications  and/or drawings and other process documentation as mutually
     agreed between Buyer and Seller.

**** - Indicates  confidential  information  that has been omitted pursuant to a
request for confidential  treatment and filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

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6.   QUALITY

     Seller shall produce the Product in accordance with the standards set forth
     in  IPC-610-Class  2.  Buyer and  Seller  agree to  cooperate  and  provide
     reasonable  quality and defect  cause data  collection  to improve  Buyer's
     documentation of requirements,  Seller's  delivered end product and Buyer's
     resulting application of Seller's end product.

7.   ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDERS, PROCESS CHANGE NOTICES AND DEVIATION NOTICES

     It is recognized that Seller will be asked to implement Buyer's Engineering
     Change Orders  (ECO's),  Process Change Notices and Deviation  Notices in a
     timely  manner.  Seller  shall  issue,  within 5 (five)  business  days,  a
     quotation in response to the foregoing showing all charges  associated with
     documentation,  labor,  material and administrative  costs.  Implementation
     will be mutually agreed by the issuance of Buyer's purchase order or change
     order and by Seller's order acknowledgment.  Buyer agrees to pay Seller for
     all costs incurred by Seller  relative to orders  released and confirmed by
     Seller prior to the implementation of the mutually agreed ECO, deviation or
     process change.

8.   PRODUCT AND BUSINESS CONFIDENTIALITY

     The partnership,  product assembly and working  relationship  between Buyer
     and Seller are mutually considered a special  relationship.  Information or
     disclosed  knowledge  may be  considered  by  either  party  to be  Company
     Confidential, especially related to potential new products, new or changing
     product  markets  and  related  business  actions  and  conditions.  lt  is
     expected,   as  an  integral  part  of  the   contractual  and  partnership
     relationship,  that such discussions or transmitted or otherwise  disclosed
     information should be treated as strictly Company Confidential between both
     parties,  their  employees and  applicable  suppliers.  Neither party shall
     intentionally or  unintentionally  discuss,  disclose or otherwise transmit
     any product, product market or other technical or business information with
     any third party,  whether  company or  individual,  including  marketing or
     advertising  of  its  relationship   and/or  photographs  of  processes  or
     products, without the specific advance knowledge and written consent of the
     other party to this Contract.


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9.   PROPRIETARY DATA

     All  specifications,  drawings or other documents  provided by the Buyer to
     Seller pursuant to this Agreement are property of Buyer and as such,  shall
     be  considered  Company  Confidential  by  Buyer.  Seller  shall  not copy,
     duplicate or transfer any such  information  for purposes other than may be
     required to perform to the  requirements of this Agreement.  This Agreement
     and amendments thereto and all documentation,  written procedures, purchase
     orders,  order  acknowledgments  and/or  written  correspondence  shall  be
     considered Company  Confidential  between the parties regardless of whether
     or not the written  documentation is so marked.  All business and technical
     discussions  between  Buyer's and Seller's  employees  shall be  considered
     Company  Confidential and all information related to such discussions shall
     not be discussed with any other parties.

10.  TECHNICAL COMMUNICATlON

     Technical  discussions  related to this  Agreement  between the Buyer's and
     Seller's  engineering,  manufacturing and/or quality personnel,  are hereby
     authorized to preclude  misunderstandings or  misinterpretations.  However,
     all changes in the contractual scope of work, pricing or delivery schedule,
     materials or data  related to this  Agreement  shall be  effective  only if
     mutually agreed by a Buyer change order and Seller order acknowledgment.

11.  PURCHASE ORDERS/FORECASTS

A.   Buyer shall  provide  Seller with a minimum of six (6) month  forecast,  of
     which the first three (3) months will be covered by signed purchase orders.
     Seller will procure  parts and  materials  per Buyer's  purchase  order and
     forecast quantities based on lead-time and lot size agreements in place.

B.   Seller  shall  promptly  respond  within five (5)  working  days to Buyer's
     forecasted changes, indicating acceptance and/or any cost premiums that may
     be required in  materials  or labor to satisfy  such  changes.  Buyer shall
     acknowledge acceptance and any cost changes, or negotiated changes thereof,
     via a written purchase order or change order.


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C.   Seller  shall  provide  a list of Long  Lead  items  and a Lot  Size  Parts
     Exposure  Listing to Buyer that supports  deliveries  beyond 90 days.  Said
     lists shall be updated and reviewed by Buyer and Seller every three months.

D.   Buyer authorizes Seller to purchase such Long Lead Items and Lot Size Parts
     to support Buyer's forecast. Buyer shall assume liability for such material
     until such material is used on a released order.

12.  NO PURCHASE COMMITMENT

     Buyer  shall not be  committed  to purchase  any annual  quantity or dollar
     volume, nor any estimated or anticipated usage quantities or dollar volume,
     regardless of any expressed or implied  verbal or written  statements  that
     may be  communicated  to Seller either before issuance of this agreement or
     during the term of this agreement.

13.  ORDER CANCELATION

     Buyer may cancel any order  scheduled  for  delivery  more than thirty (30)
     days  from the date  such  cancellation  notice  is given to  seller.  Upon
     cancellation, buyer is liable to seller for all material within the greater
     of the  ninety  (90) day  period or the long  lead time and lot size  parts
     exposure list for the material. In addition,  Seller will make every effort
     to cancel its orders or return  materials  for credit  without  penalty and
     pass on any recovered cost to buyer. Buyer will only be responsible for any
     restocking fees that Seller fully justifies its failure to negotiate out of
     returned materials to its suppliers, with no mark-up in costs to Seller.

14.  FOB POINT

     Products  will  be  shipped  by  Seller's  own  truck  and be  shipped  FOB
     Destination.

15.  EXCESS MATERIALS RESULTING FROM NO DEMAND

     In the event of the end of a program  and/or  Buyer has had no demand for a
     minimum  of six (6)  months,  that  portion of excess  materials  that were
     purchased by Seller  consistent  with Buyer's  prior demand  volume will be
     purchased by Buyer.  Seller will exercise  diligent  commercial  efforts to
     utilize the  materials in other  customer  businesses  prior to  requesting
     Buyer excess buyout.


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16.  RESCHEDULING

     Seller may invoice  Buyer,  and Buyer shall remit  payment for any Seller's
     end product (finished goods assembly),  produced in good faith by Seller to
     support  Buyer's  purchase  order  requirements,  that is  still on hand at
     Seller 90 days after  original  delivery  date,  unless  Seller agrees to a
     subsequent  reschedule date. Seller may invoice Buyer and Buyer shall remit
     payment for piece part or  material,  purchased  in good faith by Seller to
     support  Buyer's  purchase  order  requirements,  that is  still on hand at
     Seller 180 days after original  delivery date.  Seller shall be responsible
     for costs incurred relative to purchase and inventorying of any piece parts
     or  materials  in  quantities  that are  excess to Buyer's  purchase  order
     demand.

17.  EARLY/LATE DELIVERIES

     Unless  mutually  agreed in writing  Seller shall schedule all shipments of
     Product to ensure  receipt at Buyer's  dock no more than five  working days
     prior  to the  mutually  agreed  upon  purchase  order  due  date,  with no
     allowance for any delivery  beyond the purchase order due date.  Deliveries
     outside  the  allowed  delivery  window  may be  returned  by  Buyer at the
     Seller's  expense and any invoiced  charges will be debited against Buyer's
     purchase order.

18.  OVERSHIPMENTS

     Unless  otherwise  mutually agreed in writing all  overshipments of Product
     shall be considered unauthorized and may be returned at no cost to Buyer.

19.  PACKAGING

     Seller shall be responsible for providing all necessary packaging and shall
     pack merchandise so as to ensure proper ESD protection and safe delivery in
     an undamaged  condition  for receipt at Buyer's  dock.  Safe and  undamaged
     condition shall be defined as no external or internal damage nor ESD damage
     or degradation of performance of the Seller's end product, or any or all of
     its piece parts,  components or materials  therein.  Any cost for repair or
     replacement   of   merchandise   damaged  in  transit  shall  be  the  sole
     responsibility of the Seller.

20.  MARKING & IDENTIFICATION

     Seller shall ensure the  manufacturer's  part number and Buyer part number,
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     the   applicable   purchase   order   and/or   purchase   order   technical
     specifications or drawings, and related bar coded documents (if available),
     shall be  permanently  applied to the actual part,  or internal part bag or
     package  if the part is too  small  for  marking.  This  same  part  number
     requirement,  along with the Buyer purchase  order number,  shall appear on
     all external shipping  containers,  shipping documents and Seller's packing
     slip.

21.  PRICE LIST

     The parties will agree to an Approved  Price List which will pertain to the
     Products sold under this Agreement, which Price List shall be reviewed on a
     semi-annual  basis and be  subject to  changes  to  reflect  price  changes
     required under the section titled "Engineering Change Order, Process Change
     Notice and  Deviation  Changes"  above or changes in any  statement of work
     agreed to by the parties or price changes  necessitated  due to significant
     cost  increases of Seller's  suppliers or changes in  Supplier's  commodity
     markets.

22.  PRICING MODEL

     Pricing  will  be  reset  each  year  based  on the  following  model.  Any
     modifications  to this model,  for current or future  assembly  quotations,
     must be jointly agreed, except as follows. Seller agrees to provide a price
     reduction  from the above  standard  model based on pre-set  annual revenue
     hurdles. The reduction in prices is as follows:

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23.  PREMIUM DELIVERY PERFORMANCE AND CHARGES

     Seller  agrees  to  provide  premium   delivery  on  selected  end  product
     requirements specifically requested by Buyer, pending availability of parts
     and  materials  needed to meet the  expedited  delivery  date(s).  Based on
     Seller's  supported  justification,  Buyer agrees to  reimburse  Seller for
     reasonable  premium  delivery  charges  for  the  specific   quantities  of
     purchased parts and materials  required to meet the expedited delivery date
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24.  PAYMENT TERMS

     Customer  agrees  to pay for all  Products  within  thirty  (30)  days from
     receipt of invoice.

25.  QUARTERLY MEETINGS

     Buyer and Seller agree to meet quarterly to review  performance  under this
     Agreement and to discuss any significant  issues which may arise during the
     Term hereof.  Seller shall provide  disclosure of material prices and labor
     hours for the Products covered under this Agreement. In addition, Buyer and
     Seller shall  discuss  topics  relative to the  development  of  Continuous
     Process  Improvement  (e.g.  quality issues,  delivery  improvements,  cost
     reduction, etc.).

26.  COST REDUCTION DISCUSSIONS

     During the Term hereof the parties will explore  measures to reduce  costs.
     The target goal for such  reductions  is five per cent (5%) per year.  Cost
     benefits  which  result from the efforts of both Buyer and Seller or Seller
     only will be shared  equally.  All of the cost benefits  resulting from the
     sole efforts of Buyer will be passed on to Buyer.

27.  NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRICING.

     Seller  agrees to  provide  facilities,  test and  related  equipment,  and
     prototyping   engineering   and  test   manpower   in  support  of  Buyer's
     requirements for new product development.  Initial piece part and materials
     requirements  may be secured from  Seller's  inventory or through  Seller's
     buying  capability,  or at the option of the Buyer,  as  consigned  kits of
     parts and materials for prototype assembly and later for initial production
     runs. In all aspects of design development, parts and materials procurement
     and  assembly  and test,  Seller  agrees to provide  accelerated  fast-turn
     support to Buyer in new product development.  This activity will provide an
     opportunity  for  additional  business  and/or  or ensure  continuation  of
     business  to Seller  as new  product  replacements  and/or  upgrade  design
     changes obsolete Buyer's existing products

28.  JIT KANBAN DELIVERY PROGRAM

     Buyer  and  Seller  agree to  develop  a  completed  method  of JIT  KANBAN
     Deliveries by Seller to meet Buyer's  production  demand,  with  individual
     part and assembled product inventory  configured within Seller's  operation
     and both Buyer's and Seller's employees trained, to


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     ensure  implementation  of the program  within twelve (12) calendar  months
     from the Effective Date of this Agreement.

29.  UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES

     Any intended changes by the Seller to the delivery, specifications,  price,
     quantity or other  contractual  terms and  conditions  on an open  purchase
     order /  subcontract  shall be  communicated  in  writing  by the Seller in
     advance to such actions.  Seller shall not implement any such changes until
     confirmation or acknowledgment is received from the Buyer

30.  NO COMPONENT SUBSITIUTION

     Seller shall not deviate from the contractually specified materials,  parts
     or components designated by the Buyer's purchase order or Approved Supplier
     Listing (ASIQ or any related  specification,  drawing or other  contractual
     document  required in the performance of  manufacturing  and delivering the
     product  requirements  on the face of any of the Buyer's  purchase  order /
     subcontract,   without   written  fax,  letter  or  change  order  approval
     specifically  issued by the  Buyer.  Only the Buyer of record or other duly
     authorized  purchasing  personnel,  shall  be  authorized  to  approve  any
     substitute materials, piece parts, or components.

31.  WARRANTY

     Seller warrants that the Products will conform in all material  respects to
     mutually  agreed  specifications  for a period of eighteen (18) months from
     receipt by Buyer (the  "Warranty  Period").  If Buyer,  during the Warranty
     Period,  notifies Seller in writing of a warranty claim,  then upon receipt
     of such  notice,  Seller may  examine the  Products at Buyer's  facility or
     require  Buyer,  at Seller's  expense,  to ship the  Products to Seller per
     Seller's Return Materials  Authorization (RMA) Procedures.  If a Product is
     found to be non-conforming per the terms herein,  Buyer will notify Seller.
     Seller shall  provide an RMA number  within two (2) working days of written
     request by Buyer. Seller shall use due diligence to perform any analysis or
     examination  of the Products in question in a timely  manner.  Seller shall
     not withhold or otherwise delay providing to Buyer an RMA number for return
     of the Product for repair or  replacement.  Seller shall have no obligation
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     reasonably  that the Products  were not defective or missing at the time of
     shipment by Seller or, if the Products  were damaged of misused by Buyer or
     modified,  repaired, or altered,  except as authorized by Seller or subject
     to accident or improper  installation  by Buyer.  The  liability  of Seller
     under this  warranty is limited to repairing  or  replacing  non-conforming
     products at no charge to Buyer or issuing a credit at Seller is option, not
     to exceed the purchase price of the non-conforming  products.  Seller shall
     deliver  repaired or replaced  Product  within fifteen (15) working days of
     receipt of the Product  returned by Buyer.  If the Seller  fails to provide
     return  delivery of repaired or replaced  Product  within the above fifteen
     (15)  working day  period,  Buyer will debit  Seller for the full  purchase
     order unit price extended value of the Products.

     EXCEPT FOR  EXPRESS  WARRANTIES  SET FORTH  HEREIN,  SELLER  MAKES NO OTHER
     EXPRESS  WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES
     INCLUDING  THE  IMPLIED  WARRANTIES  OF  MERCHANTABILITY  AND FITNESS FOR A
     PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

32.  REPAIR OF PRODUCT AFTER WARRANTY PERIOD

     If a non-conformity arises after the expiration of the Warranty Period, and
     Buyer notifies Seller in writing of such  non-conformity,  Seller and Buyer
     will cooperate with each other to diagnose the non-conformity. Seller shall
     provide an RMA number  within two (2)  working  days of written  request by
     Buyer.  Once such  diagnosis is complete,  Seller will provide Buyer with a
     written  quotation  for repair of the Product and Buyer,  at its option may
     then issue its purchase order to Seller to effect such repair. Seller shall
     deliver out of warranty repaired Product within thirty (30) working days of
     receipt of the Product and purchase order from Buyer.


33.  NO TROUBLE FOUND

     If during the  Warranty  Period,  Buyer  identifies a  non-conformity  in a
     Product but the cause  cannot be  reasonably  determined,  Buyer and Seller
     will  cooperate  with each other to diagnose  the cause within a reasonable
     time and cost ceiling,  mutually  agreed prior to incurring any  respective
     labor and material costs. If the final cause is determined to be


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     covered by the Section  titled  "Warranty",  Seller shall repair or replace
     such  non-conforming  product per the provisions of the "Warranty"  Section
     and also bear the costs of the diagnosis.  Alternatively, if the final cost
     is determined to be outside of the  provisions of Warranty  section,  Buyer
     shall  bear  the  costs  of  repair  or  replacement  and the  costs of the
     diagnosis.

34.  ASSIGNMENT

     Neither party hereto shall assign this  Agreement  except to a successor of
     substantially  all of such  party's  business  and  assets,  without  first
     obtaining the prior written  consent of the other party. A party  assigning
     this  Agreement to a successor  shall provide prior written  notice of such
     assignment to the other party.

35.  FORCE MAJEURE

     Except for Buyer's payment obligations neither party hereto shall be liable
     for delays in  performance  hereunder if such delay is the result of causes
     beyond its reasonable control.

36.  INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

     In no event, whether as a result of breach of contract,  warranty,  or tort
     (including negligence),  strict liability, product liability, or otherwise,
     shall  either  party be  liable to the  other  for any  special,  indirect,
     incidental,  consequential or exemplary  damages of any kind whether or not
     such party was advised of the possibility of such damage. These limitations
     shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited
     remedy.  Buyer  assumes  responsibility  for  the  use  and  resale  of the
     Products, and agrees to indemnify and hold Seller harmless from loss of any
     kind,  resulting  from such use or  resale.  Each  party  hereto  agrees to
     indemnify and hold the other party  harmless from claims made against it by
     its  own  shareholders,   employees,   suppliers,  customers  or  the  U.S.
     Government. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of
     this Agreement.

37.  TERMINATION

     This  Agreement may be terminated  for  convenience  or for cause by either
     party in accordance with the following:


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A.   Either  party may  terminate  this  Agreement  for cause if the other party
     breaches a material provision hereof and the defaulting party fails to cure
     such breach within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice thereof.

B.   Either party may terminate this Agreement if the other party enters into or
     files a petition,  arrangement  or  proceeding  seeking an order for relief
     under the bankruptcy laws of the United States, or has a receiver appointed
     for it or the other party enters into an arrangement for the benefit of its
     creditors; or becomes insolvent.

C.   Either party may terminate this Agreement for  convenience,  without reason
     given, upon one-hundred-eighty (180) days notice to the other party. During
     the  one-hundred-eighty  (180) day period, all terms and conditions of this
     Agreement  shall  remain in full force and  effect.  Such  termination  for
     convenience  will  not  affect   obligations  which  arose  prior  to  such
     termination.

38.  INFRINGEMENT

     As all Products are based on Buyer's  specifications,  Seller shall have no
     liability   for  any   infringement   claim  which   arises  from   Buyer's
     specifications.  Buyer shall  indemnify  and hold Seller  harmless from all
     costs, fees and expenses incurred by Seller with respect to any such claim.

39.  GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION

     This  Agreement  shall be governed by and construed in accordance  with the
     laws  of  the  State  of  California.  Any  general  disputes  or  disputed
     termination-for-cause  actions  will be  adjudicated  under the laws of the
     State of California. Buyer and Seller agree to resolve any disputes arising
     out of this  Agreement  by means of  arbitration.  Buyer and  Seller  shall
     mutually  agree  on a  specific  independent  arbitrator,  with  the  final
     decision of the independent  arbitrator binding of both parties in cost and
     action. The cost of any arbitration shall be shared equally by the parties,
     except each party shall bear the cost of preparing and  presenting  its own
     case.


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40.  GENERAL

     The provisions of this Agreement  shall take  precedence over any different
     or  conflicting  terms  of any  purchase  order  or  acknowledgment  issued
     hereunder. This Agreement represents the complete understanding between the
     parties  hereof.  No waiver by either party of the breach of any  provision
     hereof  shall be  deemed  to be a waiver  of any  different  or  subsequent
     breach.  All  notices  shall be  given  in  writing  and  addressed  to the
     individuals named below.

     Signed and Executed on the dates set forth below:

         Adept Technology, Inc.(Buyer)      Altron Systems Corporation (Seller)

        /s/ Jim Kuhl                              /s/ Karl A. Berger
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        Authorized Representative                 Authorized Representative


        Jim Kuhl                                  Karl A. Berger
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        Typed Name                                Typed Name


        VP Operations                             VP Western Region
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        Title                                     Title


        1/28/98                                   1/30/98
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        Date                                      Date


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