SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C. 20549

                               FORM 8-A

           FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         CONTROL DEVICES, INC.
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                        Indiana              01-0490335
               (State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer
                                        Identification No.)


                  228 NORTHEAST ROAD
                    STANDISH, MAINE           04084
                 (Address of principal      (Zip Code)
                  executive offices)            


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

             Title of each class     Name of each exchange on which
             to be so registered     each class is to be registered

                Not Applicable               Not Applicable


     If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction
A.(c)(1), please check the following box.

     If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt
securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the
effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(2) please
check the following box. 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                             Common Shares
                           (Title of class)


Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

          The information contained in "Description of Capital Shares"
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-09379)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 1996 (the
"Form S-1 Registration Statement") is hereby incorporated by reference.


Item 2.   Exhibits

          The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration
Statement:

          1    Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference from
               Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration
               Statement.

          2    Code of By-Laws, incorporated by reference from Exhibit
               3.2 to the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement.

          3    Specimen certificate for shares of the Registrant's
               Common Shares, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1
               to the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement.


                               SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.

                                   CONTROL DEVICES, INC.

Date:   September 11, 1996  
                                   
                                   By:  /s/ Jeffrey G. Wood
                                        Jeffrey G. Wood, Secretary


                             EXHIBIT INDEX



                                                             Sequentially
       Exhibit                                                  Numbered
      Number                   Exhibit                          Page

                                                        
          1        Articles of Incorporation,
                   incorporated by reference from
                   Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
                   Form S-1 Registration Statement.

          2        Code of By-Laws, incorporated by
                   reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the
                   Registrant's Form S-1 Registration
                   Statement.

          3        Specimen certificate for shares of
                   the Registrant's Common Shares,
                   incorporated by reference from
                   Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's
                   Form S-1 Registration Statement.