EXHIBIT 21


              STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                          SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT


    Information is set forth below concerning all operating subsidiaries of
the Company as of June 30, 1996 (except subsidiaries which, considered in the
aggregate do not constitute a significant subsidiary):

                                                                     Percentage
                                                       Percentage    of Voting
                                                        of Voting      Stock
                                                       Stock Owned    Owned by
                                    Jurisdiction of      by the       Immediate
     Name of Subsidiary              Incorporation       Company       Parent

                                                   
Crest Fruit Company...............   Texas               100%

Custom Hoists, Inc. ..............   Ohio                100%

James Burn International, Inc. ...   New York            100%

Standex Financial Corp. ..........   Delaware            100%

SXI Limited.......................   Canada              100%

Keller-Dorian Graveurs, S.A. .....   France              100%

S. I. de Mexico S.A. de C.V. .....   Mexico              100%

Standex International FSC, Inc. ..   Virgin Islands      100%

Standex International GmbH........   Germany             100%

Standex Holdings Limited..........   United Kingdom      100%

  Standex International Limited...   United Kingdom      100%

  Roehlen Industries Pty.
                                                              
    Limited.......................   Australia           50%           50%

  James Burn International
    Limited.......................   United Kingdom                    100%

  Standex Electronics (U.K.)
    Limited.......................   United Kingdom                    100%