Solectron was created in 1977.

The population of Solectron is 50,000.

In 2003 Cannon replaced Koichi Nishimura as Solectron's president and CEO.

Chief executive officer and president, Solectron Corporation

Although the state of Jalisco is best known for being home to Mariachi and Tequila, the most important products in terms of revenue are electric and electronic components for export, to the extent that the region around Guadalajara, the state capital, is known as the "Mexican Silicon Valley", with microelectronic assembly plants from corporations such as SCI Systems, Flextronics, Perot Systems, Solectron, Jabil Circuit or NatSteel.