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Exhibit 21
Subsidiaries
The following are subsidiaries of ACT Manufacturing, Inc. and all are
wholly-owned except for GSS Array Technology Public Company Limited of which ACT
Manufacturing owns 99.02%:
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Entity Name Jurisdiction of Organization
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Advanced Component Technologies Limited Ireland
ACT Manufacturing Securities Corp. Massachusetts
CMC Industries, Inc. Delaware
ACT France Holdings SAS France
ACT Manufacturing US Holdings, LLC Delaware
GSS Array Technology Public Company Limited Thailand
The following are subsidiaries of CMC Industries, Inc.:
Entity Name Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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CMC Inmuebles, S.A. de C.V. Mexico
CMC Industrias Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V. Mexico
Servicos y Administracion de Sonora, S.A. de C.V. Mexico
CMC Industries, Inc. Taiwan Branch (U.S.A.) Taiwan
The following are subsidiaries of ACT France Holdings SAS:
Entity Name Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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ACT France SAS France
ACT Manufacturing France SA France
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