SMTC Corporation : SMTC Appoints Steve Brown to Vice President, Quality and Engineering

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday May 22, 2013

SMTC Appoints Steve Brown to Vice President, Quality and Engineering

TORONTO - May 22, 2013 -- SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTX, TSE: SMX), a global electronics manufacturing services provider, announced today the appointment of Mr. Steve Brown as Vice President, Quality and Engineering.

Over his 20+ years of experience within EMS and OEM companies, Mr. Brown has held progressively senior positions in Product Design, New Product Introduction, Assembly and Test Engineering, R&D, and all aspects of Quality, most recently with Celestica. Steve will be drawing on his knowledge of working with many industry leading OEM companies in our customer segments, to deliver state of the art innovation in technology and world class quality to our customers.

Larry Silber, SMTC's Interim President and Chief Executive Officer stated, "We are pleased and excited to have someone of Steve's caliber and industry experience join our company and look forward to the operational contributions he will make to SMTC."

About SMTC Corporation: SMTC Corporation, founded in 1985, is a mid-size provider of end-to- end electronics manufacturing services (EMS) including PCBA production, systems integration and comprehensive testing services, enclosure fabrication, as well as product design, sustaining engineering and supply chain management services. SMTC facilities span a broad footprint in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China, with more than 2,300 employees. SMTC services extend over the entire electronic product life cycle from the development and introduction of new products through to the growth, maturity and end-of-life phases. SMTC offers fully integrated contract manufacturing services with a distinctive approach to global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and emerging technology companies primarily within industrial, computing and communication market segments. SMTC was recognized in 2012 by Frost & Sullivan with the Global

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EMS Award for Product Quality Leadership and 2013 with the North American Growth Leadership
Award in the EMS industry, as one of the fastest growth companies in 2012.
SMTC is a public company incorporated in Delaware with its shares traded on the NASDAQ Global
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For further information: Larry Silber
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