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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                              Commission File Number  033-96190

                                Aearo Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                 5457 West 79th Street, Indianapolis, IN 4626,(317)-692-6666
 (Address,including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
 of registrant's principal executive offices))


                   12.50% senior subordinated notes due 2005
            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)


                                      None
 (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
 under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)


         Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)        |X|            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)     |X|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)       |_|            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    |_|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)        |_|            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)     |_|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)       |_|            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)    |_|
                                               Rule 15d-6              |_|

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date:            0

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 Aearo
Corporation has caused this  certification/notice  to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: ____________________________       By:/s/ Jeffrey S. Kulka
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                                         Jeffrey S. Kulka Senior Vice President,
                                         Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer