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     SUN OPENS MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY FACILITY IN SCOTLAND
   
SunFLASH Vol 21 #8					      September 1990 
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LINLITHGOW, Scotland --September 10, 1990-- Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
today officially opened its third manufacturing and supply facility --
the first outside the United States.  The new $20 million,
140,000-square-foot plant in Linlithgow, part of Scotland's "Silicon
Glen," takes advantage of the area's high-quality work force and
established infrastructure.  As the company with the highest percentage
of exports of any U.S. computer manufacturer, Sun views the new
facility as a key part of its global operations.

The new plant joins existing Sun manufacturing facilities in Milpitas,
Calif., and Westford, Mass.  Like its sister operations, it is designed
to flexibly accommodate the shifting product needs of Sun customers.
This plant will manufacture Sun's SPARCstation(TM) 1+, the new,
low-cost color SPARCstation IPC and future generations of desktop
products.  The new facility also gives Sun closer access to the
European supply base.  In addition, the plant will act as a
distribution point for the company's products in the fast-growing
European marketplace, which currently represents 28 percent of Sun's
total revenues.

Sun's sales in Europe have been increasing for several years; they were
10 percent of total revenues in 1985.  The company just posted a
record-breaking $2.47 billion in worldwide sales in fiscal 1990, with
expanding European revenues helping achieve that figure.  According to
 Fortune  magazine, Sun has been the fastest-growing U.S. company
during the past five years, with a compound annual growth rate of 114
percent.

Sun's sophisticated new Linlithgow facility was completed in only 16
months from the time work started on the site in the spring of 1989.
Demonstrating Sun's long-term commitment to its global operations and
the European market, the Linlithgow operation is owned by Sun rather
than leased.  When operating at full capacity, approximately 300 people
will be employed at the facility.

According to Sun President and CEO Scott McNealy, who was present for
the opening, "Overseas sales now make up approximately half of our
business.  The new Scotland plant is a key part of our global supply
organization, which is tuned to meet customer needs quickly and
efficiently."

Besides its three existing facilities, Sun plans to bring another
supply unit on line in the Pacific Rim in the mid 1990s.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX(R)
operating system and productivity software.

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SPARCstation is a trademark of SPARC International, Inc.  UNIX is a
registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratory, Inc.  All other
products or services mentioned in this document are identified by the
trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or
organizations.

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