EXHIBIT 99.2






                                   Contact:  Neil Lefort
                                   Vice President, Investor Relations
                                   (630) 527-4344


            MOLEX INCORPORATED APPOINTS DAVID LANDSITTEL
                        TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lisle, Ill., USA - July 15, 2005 -- Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ:  MOLX
and  MOLXA), a global electronic components company, today  announced
that  its  Board  of  Directors,  upon  the  recommendation  of   the
Nominating  and  Corporate Governance Committee, appointed  David  L.
Landsittel  to  serve  as a member of the Board  of  Directors.   Mr.
Landsittel  was appointed as a Class I director, and will  stand  for
stockholder  election  at  the 2005 Annual Meeting  of  Stockholders.
This appointment expands the Molex Board to 13 directors.

Mr.  Landsittel,  age  65,  has  42 years  of  experience  in  public
accounting  and  previously  served  as  Chairman  of  the   Auditing
Standards  Board  of  the  American  Institute  of  Certified  Public
Accountants.   From  1963 to 1997, Mr. Landsittel  worked  at  Arthur
Andersen  LLP  and  served in audit leadership positions  and  as  an
engagement  partner on larger commercial accounts.  Since  1997,  Mr.
Landsittel  has worked as an independent consultant with  respect  to
auditing and financial reporting matters.  Mr. Landsittel also serves
as  a  director  of  American Express Bank,  Ltd.,  a  subsidiary  of
American Express Co., and as a trustee of Burnham Investors Trust,  a
registered management investment company.

David  L.  Landsittel  replaced Michelle  L.  Collins  on  the  Audit
Committee upon his appointment.  The Audit Committee now consists  of
Douglas  K.  Carnahan,  Chairman; Robert  J.  Potter;  and  David  L.
Landsittel.  The Board of Directors has concluded that Mr. Landsittel
qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" within the meaning
of 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Molex  Incorporated  is  a  67-year-old  manufacturer  of  electronic
components,  including  electrical and  fiber  optic  interconnection
products  and systems, switches and integrated products in 55  plants
in 19 countries throughout the world.

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Editor's note:  Molex is traded on the NASDAQ National Market  System
in the United States and on the London Stock Exchange.  The Company's
voting  stock (MOLX) is included in the S&P 500 Index and the  NASDAQ
100.