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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-19-043029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190830
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190830
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190830

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:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-28997
		FILM NUMBER:		191069840

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		623-300-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
30, 2019</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: right; padding-top: 5pt"><B>Registration No. 333-28997</B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 33.55pt 0pt 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Post-Effective Amendment No. 1<BR>
to<BR>
FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Texas</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
        incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>74-2211011</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
        Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>56
South Rockford Drive<BR>
Tempe, Arizona 85281<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC. 401(k) EMPLOYEE
SAVINGS PLAN</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Stephen J. Beaver</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Vice President and General Counsel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>56 South Rockford Drive</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Tempe, Arizona 85281</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(623) 300-7000</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting
company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 95%; white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 5%; white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0pt">If an emerging growth company, indicate by
check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES </B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Benchmark Electronics,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this &ldquo;Amendment&rdquo;) to its Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 1997 (Registration No. 333-28997) (the
&ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;), with respect to 500,000 shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock (2,250,000 shares
after giving effect to the Company&rsquo;s stock splits on July 28, 1997, November 13, 2003 and April 3, 2006), par value $0.10
per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), and an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Benchmark
Electronics, Inc. 401(k) Employee Savings Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Effective December 14,
2018, the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock fund was eliminated as an investment alternative under the Plan. As a result, the offering
pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. Pursuant to the undertakings contained in the Registration Statement
to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered that remain unissued at
the termination of the offering, the Company is filing this Amendment to deregister, and does hereby remove from registration,
all shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement and all plan interests registered under the Registration
Statement that remain unissued under the Plan as of the date hereof.</P>




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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Tempe, State of Arizona, on August 30, 2019.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Stephen J. Beaver</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; white-space: nowrap">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Stephen J. Beaver, Esq.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice President General Counsel</TD></TR>
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