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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000863436-15-000021
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150713

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863436
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672]
		IRS NUMBER:				742211011
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
		CITY:			ANGLETON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77515
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9798496550

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3000 TECHNOLOGY DR
		CITY:			ANGLETON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77515
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">July 13, 2015</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">VIA EDGAR</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Securities and
Exchange Commission</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Division of
Corporation Finance</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">100 F Street,
N.E.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Washington, D.C.
20549</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Attention:
Maryse
Mills-Apenteng,
Special Counsel</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;margin-right:.5in;margin-top:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;"><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Re:</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;margin-right:.5in;margin-top:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-4.5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Form
10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;margin-right:.5in;margin-top:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-4.5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Filed
February 27, 2015</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;margin-right:.5in;margin-top:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-4.5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">File
No. 001-10560</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Dear Ms. Mills-Apenteng:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">The following
information and comments are made in response to your letter dated July 2, 2015
(the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Comment Letter</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">&#8221;) to Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Company</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">&#8221;).&#160;
Referring to specific points communicated to the Company in the Comment Letter,
we hereby submit the following responses on behalf of the Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Part III (Incorporated by
Reference from Definitive Proxy Statement filed April 2, 2015)</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">General</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:27.0pt;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><i><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font></i><i><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></i><i><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">In future Exchange Act
reports, as applicable, please revise your proxy card regarding the say on pay
proposal to comply with Exchange Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure
Interpretation Question 169.07. </font></i></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Response 1:&#160; </font></b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">The Company will
revise its proxy card in the future as directed.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compensation Tables and
Narratives </font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Summary Compensation Table,
page 17</font></b><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;"> &nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:27.0pt;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><i><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.5pt;">2.</font></i><i><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></i><i><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please refer to your
response to prior comment 6 in your response letter dated August 22, 2012. We
note that in 2014 you identified three named executive officers at any one
point in time though you are required to include, in addition to your principal
executive and financial officers, the three most highly compensated executive
officers. Please explain why you included Kenneth Barrow, your then general
counsel, as a named executive officer, but did not include the person
succeeding him serving in that function. In addition, please explain in
specific detail how you determined that your Group Presidents and Vice
President of Strategy and Investor Relations are not executive officers within
the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act. In preparing your response,
please note that Rule 405 does not require that a vice president or other
officer &#8220;in charge of a principal business unit, division or function&#8221; have a
policy making function. </font></i></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Response 2:&#160; </font></b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Consistent with
our response in 2012, please be advised that</font><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;"> </font></b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">the Board of
Directors carefully considers the job responsibilities of each of the Company&#8217;s
senior officers annually, including the individuals listed on the Company&#8217;s
website under the heading &#8220;Leadership Team.&#8221; For 2014, it was determined that
only the Company&#8217;s CEO, CFO and Executive Vice President of Global Operations
and Engineering (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">EVP</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">&#8221;) qualified as executive officers within the
meaning of Rule 405 (i.e., were &#8220;in charge of a principal business unit,
division or function&#8221; or otherwise performed a policy-making function).&#160; As you
have noted, other officers are listed on our website, which is useful in our
interactions with customers, suppliers and investors.</font></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">The
Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations is a relatively new position
and reports to the CEO; however, the authority that would place her in charge
of strategy or of investor relations, has not been delegated to her, but remains
with the CEO and the CFO.&#160; Moreover, while she is a key player in implementing
our policies and strategy, she does not have policy-making authority.</font></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Senior
management of the Company has evolved since the current CEO was appointed in
2012.&#160; In 2014, operations and engineering management previously reserved to
the CEO was delegated to the EVP.&#160; This newly created office, held by a former
Group President promoted to the position (and not previously considered an
executive officer), is, in the view of the Board of Directors, an executive
position and was included in the Summary Compensation Table.&#160; In contrast, our
other Group Presidents, who previously reported to the CEO and now report to
the EVP, received no additional delegation of authority.&#160; Although they are key
members of our senior management, they work closely with the EVP who is the
officer in charge of the areas in question.</font></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">In the case of
the General Counsel, Mr. Barrow had been with the Company for a number of years
in that role before being delegated the authority that we determined qualified
him as a Rule 405 executive officer in 2013 in connection with the succession
of the CEO and the transition of the management team.&#160; Mr. Barrow&#8217;s replacement
joined the Company in 2014 and is new to our industry.&#160; During the year, he was
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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">As the Company
continues to grow and our senior management team continues to evolve, we
anticipate that additional officers will be added to the Summary Compensation
Table in the future.</font></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">In connection
with our responses, we acknowledge that: </font></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">-</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">the Company is
responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;</font></p>

<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">-</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">staff comments
or changes to disclosures in response to staff comments do not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and</font></p>

<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">-</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">the Company may
not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United
States.</font></p>

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<p align=left style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;">Thank you for
your assistance.&#160; If you have any questions or further comments, please contact
me at (979)&nbsp;848-5304.</font></p>

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