Celestica appoints new President and Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Business Development

TORONTO, May 16 /CNW/ - Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS, TSX: CLS/SV), a world
leader in electronics manufacturing services (EMS), today announced that Craig
H. Muhlhauser has been appointed Celestica's president and executive vice
president, Worldwide Sales and Business Development, effective immediately.
In his new role, Mr. Muhlhauser will lead Celestica's global sales and
business development effort and drive the organization's growth strategy. He
will also be responsible for ensuring the company is well positioned to
anticipate and meet the dynamic and changing business needs of its customers
in the various markets they serve, and growing Celestica's market share in the
EMS sector.
Mr. Muhlhauser joins Celestica with over 25 years of sales, marketing and
general management experience with leading companies including GE, United
Technologies and Ford Motor Company across a wide range of global customers
and industries, including consumer, industrial, utility, automotive, aerospace
and defense. Most recently, Mr. Muhlhauser was the president and chief
executive officer of Exide Technologies, one of the world's largest producers
and recyclers of lead acid batteries. Prior to this, he was vice president of
Ford Motor Company and president of Visteon Automotive Systems. Mr. Muhlhauser
holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of
Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
"I am very excited to have Craig Muhlhauser join the Celestica team. I
had the pleasure of working with Craig at Ford and know him to be an extremely
capable, customer-focused senior executive," said Steve Delaney, CEO,
Celestica. "Craig's vast sales and marketing expertise, and his creativity in
developing integrated offerings, will be a great asset to Celestica and,
ultimately, our customers."
In a related announcement, Marvin MaGee, Celestica's former head of
Worldwide Business Development has been named executive vice president,
Worldwide Operations. Mr. MaGee brings a wealth of operations expertise in the
EMS industry to the role and will be charged with driving operational
excellence throughout Celestica's facilities on a global basis. He will be
responsible for managing Celestica's global manufacturing network, ensuring
the company continues to provide its customers with flawless manufacturing
execution, as well as implementing site-to-site consistency in Lean, Six
Sigma, organization capability and customer care.
Mr. MaGee has been a key member of Celestica's executive team since he
joined the company in 1997. Prior to Celestica, he spent 18 years with IBM
Canada where he held a number of senior management positions in manufacturing
and development. Mr. MaGee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Business
Administration degree from McMaster University.
"I am pleased to have Marv MaGee take the Worldwide Operations leadership
role," said Steve Delaney. "Marv's exceptional operations and customer
experience will assure our vision of deploying the industry's best Lean
manufacturing model, which will also benefit our customers greatly."

About Celestica
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Celestica is a world leader in the delivery of innovative electronics
manufacturing services (EMS). Celestica operates a highly sophisticated global
manufacturing network with operations in Asia, Europe and the Americas,
providing a broad range of integrated services and solutions to leading OEMs
(original equipment manufacturers). Celestica's expertise in quality,
technology and supply chain management, and leadership in the global
deployment of Lean principles, enables the company to provide competitive
advantage to its customers by improving time-to-market, scalability and
manufacturing efficiency.
For further information on Celestica, visit its website at
http://www.celestica.com. The company's security filings can also be accessed
at http://www.sedar.com and http://www.sec.gov.

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