SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
                                               
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                                  FORM 8-K
                          CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                       TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                            
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      Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  May 26, 1994


                          JPS TEXTILE GROUP, INC.
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           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                                  Delaware
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               (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

           33-58272                                    57-0868166
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   (Commission File Number)                         (I.R.S. Employer
                                                   Identification No.)

   555 North Pleasantburg Drive, Suite 202
          Greenville, South Carolina                           29607
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

                               (803) 239-3900
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            (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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       (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



     



     ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
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               JPS Textile Group, Inc. (the "Company") announced in a press
     release dated May 26, 1994, that it has signed a definitive agreement
     to sell, subject to certain conditions, all of the automotive products
     and synthetic industrial fabrics operations of the Company to JPS
     Automotive Products Corp., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
     Foamex International Inc.  The full text of the release is attached as
     Exhibit 99.1 hereto.




     ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
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               EXHIBITS.
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     (c)  Exhibits
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          99.1      -    Press release issued by the Company on May 26,
                         1994.
















































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                                   SIGNATURES
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                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
     Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to the signed
     on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

     June 2, 1994


                                        JPS TEXTILE GROUP, INC.



                                   By:   /s/ David H. Taylor    
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                                        Name:  David H. Taylor
                                        Title: Executive Vice 
                                               President-Finance
                                               and Secretary





















































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                                  Exhibit Index
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     Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit
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          99.1           Press release issued by the
                         Company on May 26, 1994





























































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