<PAGE>
                                                        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
    ___________________________________________________________________________

and         Jill Pollack Kutchin                 , *Clerk
    ___________________________________________________________________________

of          Parlex Corporation
    __________________________________________________________________________
                           (EXACT NAME OF CORPORATION)

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

certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:

                                     3
_______________________________________________________________________________
           (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:

<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                           <C>
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.  / /

</TABLE>

           **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.

<PAGE>


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:

<TABLE>

<S>                                                        <C>

           WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                        WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

   TYPE               NUMBER OF SHARES                 TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES     PAR VALUE
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

  Common:                                            Common:       10,000,000            $.10
___________________________________________________________________________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________________________________

  Preferred:                                         Preferred:    1,000,000             $1.00
___________________________________________________________________________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________________________________


CHANGE the total authorized to:


           WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                        WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

   TYPE               NUMBER OF SHARES                 TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES     PAR VALUE
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

  Common:                                            Common:       30,000,000            $.10
___________________________________________________________________________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________________________________

  Preferred:                                         Preferred:    1,000,000             $1.00
___________________________________________________________________________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________________________________

</TABLE>






<PAGE>
































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:
                      _______________________________.

SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 30th day of August, 2000

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


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


*DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE WORDS.