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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-88055) of Plexus Corp. for
the registration of 187,500 shares of its common stock and to the incorporation
by reference therein of our report dated August 14, 1998 with respect to the
financial statements of SeaMED Corporation incorporated by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Plexus Corp. for the year ended September 30, 1999
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



                                        Ernst & Young LLP

Seattle, Washington
June 15, 2000