EXHIBIT 3-E


                                                        FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
                                                        NO.  04-2464749


                      THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Examiner
                             WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN

                          Secretary of the Commonwealth
             One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512


                            ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                   (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)

Name
Approved


We,         Peter J. Murphy                      , *President
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and         Jill Pollack Kutchin                 , *Clerk
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of          Parlex Corporation
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                           (EXACT NAME OF CORPORATION)

located at    One Parlex Place, Methuen, Massachusetts
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                     (STREET ADDRESS OF CORPORATION IN MASSACHUSETTS)

certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:

                                     3
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           (NUMBER THOSE ARTICLES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND/OR 6 BEING AMENDED)


of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on
August 30, 2000, by vote of:

                                                 
3,576,574  shares of     Common Stock                  of 6,277,386 shares outstanding
_________            __________________________           _________
                     (TYPE, CLASS & SERIES, IF ANY)



   C  / /  (1)**being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding
   p  / /     and entitled to vote thereon or
   M  / /
R.A.  / /




           **DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE WORDS.   **DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE CLAUSE.
           (1) FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 70.
           (2) FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 156b, SECTION 71.
           NOTE: IF THE SPACE PROVIDED UNDER ANY ARTICLE OR ITEM ON THIS FORM
           IS INSUFFICIENT, ADDITIONS SHALL BE SET FORTH ON ONE SIDE ONLY OF
           SEPARATE 8 1/2 X 11 SHEETS OF PAPER WITH A LEFT MARGIN OF AT
P.C.       LEAST 1 INCH. ADDITIONS TO MORE THAN ONE ARTICLE MAY BE MADE ON
           A SINGLE SHEET SO LONG AS EACH ARTICLE REQUIRING EACH ADDITION
           IS CLEARLY INDICATED.




To CHANGE the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type, class
or series of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, fill in the
following:

The total PRESENTLY authorized is:

                                                        

           WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                        WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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   TYPE               NUMBER OF SHARES                 TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES     PAR VALUE
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  Common:                                            Common:       10,000,000            $.10
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  Preferred:                                         Preferred:    1,000,000             $1.00
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CHANGE the total authorized to:


           WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                        WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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   TYPE               NUMBER OF SHARES                 TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES     PAR VALUE
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  Common:                                            Common:       30,000,000            $.10
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  Preferred:                                         Preferred:    1,000,000             $1.00
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The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of
Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 6
unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the
amendment, a LATER effective date not more than THIRTY DAYS after such
filing, in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date.


Later effective date:
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SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 30th day of August, 2000

/s/ Peter J. Murphy                              ,   *President
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Peter J. Murphy


/s/ Jill Pollack Kutchin                         ,   *Clerk
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Jill Pollack Kutchin


*DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE WORDS.