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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   FORM 12b-25

                                                          Commission File Number
                                                                  0-25569
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                           NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING

     (Check One): [X] Form 10-K   [_] Form 11-K   [_] Form 20-F   [_] Form 10-Q
[_]  Form N-SAR
         For Period Ended:       December 31, 2001
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[_]  Transition Report on Form 10-K          [_] Transition Report on Form 10-Q
[_]  Transition Report on Form 20-F          [_] Transition Report on Form N-SAR
[_]  Transition Report on Form 11-K

         For the Transition Period Ended:
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         Read attached instruction sheet before preparing form. Please print or
         type

         Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission
has verified any information contained herein.

         If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the item(s) to which the notification relates:
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                                     PART I
                             REGISTRANT INFORMATION

Full name of registrant ACT Manufacturing, Inc.
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Former name if applicable

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2 Cabot Road
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Address of principal executive office (Street and number)

Hudson, Massachusetts 01749
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City, state and zip code

                                     PART II

                             RULE 12b-25(b) AND (c)
         If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort
on expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the
following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate.)

          |    (a)  The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III
          |         of this form could not be eliminated without unreasonable
          |         effort or expense;
          |    (b)  The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition
          |         report on Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K or Form N-SAR, or portion
          |         thereof will be filed on or before the 15th calendar day
 [ ]      |         following the prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly
          |         report or transition report on Form 10-Q, or portion thereof
          |         will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following
          |         the prescribed due date; and
          |    (c)  The accountant's statement or other exhibit
          |         required by Rule 12b-25(c) has been attached if
          |         applicable.


                                    PART III

                                    NARRATIVE

         State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F,
10-Q, N-SAR or the transition report portion thereof could not be filed within
the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)

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         The Registrant, ACT Manufacturing, Inc. (the "Company"), filed a
petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code on December 21, 2001. The Company's operations have substantially
contracted over the last twelve months, and the Company cannot file an annual
report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2001 without unreasonable
effort or expense. The Company is devoting and must continue to devote the
overwhelming majority of its financial department resources toward the
collection of receivables, compliance with the Bankruptcy Court's and
debtor-in-possession lenders' reporting and disclosure requirements, and
assisting the Company and its advisors in arranging the possible sale of the
Company's assets. In addition, due primarily to the Company's limited liquidity,
the Company has not engaged and has no present plans or ability to engage an
independent accounting firm to prepare an audit for the year ending December 31,
2001 or for any subsequent period.

                                     PART IV
                                OTHER INFORMATION

         (1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification:

Joseph S. Driscoll, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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           (Name)

   (978)         567-4125
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(Area Code) (Telephone Number)

         (2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is no,
identify report(s).

                                                             [X] Yes   [_] No

         (3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of
operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be
reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or
portion thereof?

                                                             [_] Yes   [_] No

         If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both
narratively and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a
reasonable estimate of the results cannot be made.

         The Company has not responded to Item (3) in Part IV above because the
Company presently does not expect to be filing an annual report on Form 10-K for
the period ending December 31, 2001.

                             ACT Manufacturing, Inc.
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                  (Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.

Date     April 2, 2002                 By: /s/ Joseph S. Driscoll
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                                           Joseph S. Driscoll
                                           Executive Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer

