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Stock Option Plan, which qualified under Rule 16b-3.  Options vest one-third each year, commencing on the first anniversary of the grant.</footnote><footnote id="F2">Shares of Plexus Corp. common stock held in the Plexus Corp. Employee Stock Savings Plan, as of September 30, 2003, the last date of a statement from the Plan's trustee.</footnote></footnotes><remarks></remarks><ownerSignature><signatureName>David A. Clark, by Joseph D. Kaufman, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-11-07</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

