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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2


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PLEXUS CORP. PROPOSES PUBLIC OFFERING OF 3,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

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     NEENAH, Wis., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Plexus Corp. (Nasdaq: PLXS), today
announced that it has filed a prospectus supplement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission relating to a proposed public offering of 3,000,000 shares
of common stock. The Company has also granted the Underwriters an option to
purchase up to an additional 450,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any.
Robertson Stephens, Inc. will serve as lead manager and SG Cowen Securities
Corporation, Thomas Weisel Partners LLC and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
will serve as co-managers for this offering.

     The shares will be issued pursuant to an effective shelf registration
statement for the offering of shares of Plexus common stock and debt
securities. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy shares of Plexus common stock. An offering of
shares of Plexus common stock will be made only by means of a prospectus. The
prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

     A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to
the offering may be obtained from Robertson Stephens, 555 California Street,
Suite 2600, San Francisco, California 94104; Thomas Weisel Partners, 1
Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, California 94104; SG Cowen, One
Financial Square, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10005; or Robert W. Baird &
Co., 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2800, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. These
documents have also been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
are available over the Internet at the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

     Statements in this press release contain "forward-looking" information
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve a number of
risks and uncertainties, including investor response to the proposed offering,
the trading prices for the Company's common stock during the offering period,
other conditions in the financial markets and customary closing conditions.
Please see the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for
a discussion of other factors that may affect forward-looking information.

     Headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin, Plexus provides product realization
services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the
networking/telecommunications, medical, industrial, computer and transportation
industries. The Company provides advanced electronics design, manufacturing and
testing services to its customers and focuses on complex, high-end products.
Plexus offers its customers the ability to outsource all stages of product
realization, including development and design, materials procurement and
management, prototyping and new product introduction, testing, manufacturing
and after-market support.

     For more information contact: Tom Sabol, Chief Financial Officer of Plexus
Corp., 920-722-3451, email, tom.sabol@plexus.com.

SOURCE Plexus Corp.
Web Site: http://www.plexus.com

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