Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
Company Name				FEIN	Jurisdiction	Ownership
Molex Incorporated				36-2369491	Delaware, U.S.A.
		Molex S.A. de C.V.			Nogales,Mexico	100.000%
	Cardell Corporation			38-2249547	MI, U.S.A.	100.000%
		Cardell USVI International Sales Corporation		66-0507336	USVI	100.000%
	Molex Connector Corp.			36-4161983	Delaware, U.S.A.	100.000%
	Molex Copper Flex Products, Inc.			41-1288861	Minnesota, U.S.A.	100.000%
	MLX Acquisition Corp			83-0453009	Delaware, U.S.A.	100.000%
	Molex International, Inc.			36-2754920	Delaware, U.S.A.	100.000%
		Molex de Mexico S.A. de C.V.			Mexico	100.000%
		Molex Brazil Ltda.			Brazil	100.000%
		Molex Electronics Ltd.			Canada	100.000%
		Molex Alin International, Incorporated			British Virgin Is.	100.000%
		Molex CV Holdings, Inc.		01-0697374	Delaware, U.S.A.	100.000%
			MI European Holdings CV	98-0498976	Netherlands	100.000%
			Molex European Holdings BV	98-0428233	Netherlands	100.000%
			Molex Interconnect GmbH	98-0428232	Netherlands	100.000%
			Molex B.V.	98-0375451	Netherlands	100.000%
			Molex Deutschland GmbH	98-0428927	Germany	100.000%
			Molex Ireland Ltd.	98-0375453	Ireland	100.000%
			Smithstown Light Engineering Ltd.		Ireland	50.000%
			Molex Electronics (Ireland) Ltd.		Ireland	100.000%
			Molex Zetronic SrL	98-0375454	Italy	100.000%
			Molex Slovakia a.s.	98-0375455	Slovakia	100.000%
			KYBERNEX s.r.o.		Slovakia	60.000%
			Molex Svenska A.B.		Sweden	100.000%
		Molex Holding GmbH		98-0375449	Germany	100.000%
			Molex Slovakia Management, s.r.o.		Slovakia	100.000%
			Molex Elektronik GmbH	98-0375447	Germany	100.000%
			System Elektro-Technik Automotiv Polska		Poland	51.000%
			Molex GmbH	98-0375452	Germany	100.000%
			S-Team Engineering Lab		Germany	49.360%
			Molex Polska Management SP z.o.o.		Poland	100.000%
		Molex Automotive SARL			France	100.000%
		MOL Automotive Lda		98-0496203	Portugal	100.000%
		Moltes s.r.o.		98-0496409	Slovakia	94.700%
		Moltech			Poland	98.000%
		Molex Electronics Ltd.			United Kingdom	100.000%
			Molex Premise Networks Limited		United Kingdom	100.000%
		G. Østervig-Molex A/S			Denmark	30.000%
		Molex - G. Knutsen A/S			Norway	25.000%
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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
Company Name				FEIN	Jurisdiction	Ownership
		Molex Far East-South Management Pte. Ltd.			Singapore	100.000%
			MEC International Pte. Ltd.		Singapore	29.000%
		Molex Singapore Pte. Ltd.			Singapore	100.000%
		Dongguan Molex South-China Connector Co. Ltd. (DG 1)			China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
		Dongguan Molex Interconnect Co Ltd. (DG2)			China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
		Molex Interconnect (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.			China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
		Molex Interconnect (Beijing) Co., Ltd.			China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
		Molex Interconnect (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.			China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
		Novark Technologies, Inc.			China (P.R.C.)	19.990%
		Molex Hong Kong/China Ltd.			Hong Kong	100.000%
		Molex (India) Ltd.			India	91.740%
		Molex Mafatlal Micron Private Limited			India	51.000%
		Molex India Tooling PVT Limited			India	100.000%
		Automotive Connectors India Private Ltd.			India	100.000%
		Molex (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.			Malaysia	100.000%
		Hi-P Tool & Die Pte.Ltd.			Singapore	20.110%
		Molex Taiwan Ltd.			Taiwan (R.O.C.)	100.000%
			Landwin Engineering		Taiwan (R.O.C.)	20.000%
		Molex (Thailand) Ltd.			Thailand	95.275%
		Molex-Japan Co., Ltd.			Japan	100.000%
			Molex (Dalian) Co. Ltd.		China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
			Molex (Dalien) Logistics Co., Ltd		China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
			Tachibana ESCO Company, Limited		Japan	100.000%
			Shanghai ESCO Electronics Co., Ltd.		China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
			Shanghai ESCO Densou, Co., Ltd		China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
			Shanghai ESCO Precision Die and Mold Co., Ltd.		China (P.R.C.)	100.000%
			Onamba Co, Ltd.		Japan	4.000%
		Molex Korea Co., Ltd.			South Korea	100.000%
	Molex Premise Networks, Inc.			36-3999511	Delaware, U.S.A.	100.000%
		Molex Premise Networks Americas, Inc.		04-2851670	Massachusetts, U.S.A.	100.000%
		Molex Premise Networks South Pacific, Inc.		04-3079634	Delaware, U.S.A.	100.000%
			Molex Premise Networks Pty Ltd		Australia	100.000%
		MPN EE sp zo.o			Poland	100.000%
		Molex Premise Networks sp zo.o.			Poland	100.000%
		Molex Premise Networks ASIA Limited			Hong Kong	100.000%
		Molex Premise Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd			Malaysia	100.000%

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