SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 -- Building on its ODM capabilities, Flextronics will buy the camera module business of Agilent Technologies. Financial terms of the agreement, which is expected to close at the end of 2004, were not disclosed. 

Flextronics already designs cellphones, PCs and other electronics for Nokia, Sony-Ericsson and H-P. It has signaled iin recent quarters its plans to increase its design work, which offers better margins than board assembly.