UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                  FORM 8-K

                           Current Report Pursuant
                        to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                       Securities Exchange Act of 1934

    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)    September 3, 2003


                             PARLEX CORPORATION
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           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                Massachusetts
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               (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


                 0-12942                               04-2464749
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         (Commission File Number)          (IRS Employer Identification No.)


One Parlex Place, Methuen, Massachusetts                 01844
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)


                               (978) 685-4341
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            (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)





Item 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
          EXHIBITS

      (c)   Exhibits.

           (99.1)  Press Release of Parlex Corporation dated
                   September 3, 2003.


Item 9.   REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE; and

Item 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS.

      On September 3, 2003, Parlex Corporation issued a press release
setting forth its results of operations and financial condition for its
fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.  A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein
by reference.


                                 SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       PARLEX CORPORATION
                                       (Registrant)


                                       By: /s/ Jonathan R. Kosheff
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                                           Jonathan R. Kosheff
                                           Chief Financial Officer

Dated:  September 3, 2003