Re-structuring of UK Powercords Operations

Volex Group PLC
30 March 2000

                              
                     Volex Group p.l.c.                              
                                                            
         Re-structuring of UK Powercords operations
                              
Volex  Group p.l.c, the world's leading independent producer
of  electrical power cords and electronic interconnect cable
assemblies,  has  today advised its UK powercords  workforce
that  approximately 325 employees, some of  whom  are  part-
time,  will  be  made redundant during  the  course  of  the
current   calendar   year.    This   additional   step    in
restructuring  is a result of the Volex strategy  to  source
the  majority  of  its  powercord  requirements  from  Volex
factories  in  Asia  in order to meet  market  pressures  in
Europe.