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

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )

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TRANS-INDUSTRIES, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

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SEC 1913 (02-02)

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

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To the Stockholders of
TRANS-INDUSTRIES, INC.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Trans-Industries, Inc. will be held at the Holiday Inn, 1500 Opdyke Road, Auburn
Hills, Michigan, on May 21, 2003, at 11:00 a.m., for the following purposes:

1. To elect six directors;

2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent
auditor for the company for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2003; and

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 28,
2003 as the record date for the determination of stockholders of the Company
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment
thereof.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Robert Anderson
Secretary

Dated: Rochester Hills, Michigan
April 14, 2003

STOCKHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING ARE URGED
TO SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY TO THE COMPANY
IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

TRANS-INDUSTRIES, INC.
2637 S. ADAMS ROAD
ROCHESTER HILLS, MICHIGAN 48309
APRIL 14, 2003

PROXY STATEMENT
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD MAY 21, 2003

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation
on behalf of the management of Trans-Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), a
Delaware corporation, of proxies for the Annual Meeting of its Stockholders to
be held on May 21, 2003 for the purpose of considering and acting upon the
matters specified in the Notice of Annual Meeting of its Stockholders
accompanying this Proxy Statement.

This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy are being
mailed to stockholders on or about April 14, 2003.

PROXY SOLICITATION

All proxies in the enclosed form which are properly executed and
returned to the Company will be voted at the Annual Meeting, and any
adjournments thereof, in accordance with any directions thereon, or, if no
directions are made, will be voted FOR approval of proposals 1 and 2 set forth
in the Notice of Annual Meeting. Stockholders who execute proxies may revoke
them at any time before they are voted. The enclosed proxy is revocable by a
stockholder at any time prior to the exercise thereof by submitting written
notice of revocation or subsequently executed proxy to the Secretary of the
Company. Signing and mailing the proxy will not affect a stockholder's right to
give a later proxy. If a stockholder executing a proxy attends the meeting and
votes in person, the proxy will not be used. As of the close of business on
March 28, 2003, the record date, the Company had outstanding 3,139,737 shares of
Common Stock. Each such share is entitled to one vote with respect to each
matter to be voted on at the meeting.

The only persons known by the Company to own of record or beneficially
more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock are those
listed under the heading "Principal Stockholders" below.

PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

Set forth below is information respecting persons who, to the knowledge
of the Company, owned beneficially more than 5% of the Company's outstanding
shares of Common Stock as of February 28, 2003, as well as the amount and
percentage of the Company's outstanding shares owned beneficially by all
directors and officers of the Company as a group.

NAME AND ADDRESS SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PERCENTAGE OF COMMON STOCK
OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIALLY OWNED OWNED AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2003
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Dale S. Coenen
2637 S. Adams Rd.
Rochester Hills, MI 48309 ....................... 579,389 18.5%

Duncan Miller
2637 S. Adams Rd.
Rochester Hills, MI 48309........................ 495,938 15.8%

Trans-Industries, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan
2637 S. Adams Road
Rochester Hills, MI 48309........................ 327,208 10.4%

Avocet Capital Management, L.P.
5508 Highway 290 West, Suite 207
Austin, TX 78735.................................. 428,300 13.6%

Ronald C. Lamparter
7204 Sterling Ponds Court
Sterling Heights, MI 48312....................... 249,700 8.0%

All directors and officers as a group (9 persons).... 1,290,358 41.1%

I. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the meeting, six directors are to be elected to hold office until
the next annual meeting and until their successors have been elected and
qualified. It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of
proxy to vote for the election, as directors, of the persons named in the table
below. In case any such nominee should become unavailable for any reason, which
the management has no reason to anticipate, the proxy holders reserve the right
to substitute another person of their choice in his place. All persons named in
the table below are now directors of the Company and, were elected by the
stockholders at the annual meeting in 2002. The information concerning the
nominees and their security holdings has been furnished by them to the Company.

SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND BENEFICIALLY PERCENT
NAME OF ORGANIZATION DIRECTOR OWNED AS OF OF
NAME AND AGE IN WHICH CARRIED ON SINCE FEBRUARY 28, 2003 CLASS
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Dale S. Coenen (74).......... Chairman of the Board and 1967 579,389 18.5%
President of the Company

Duncan Miller (77)........... Private Investor 1967 495,938 15.8%

Harry E. Figgie, Jr. (79).... Private Investor, 2000 123,437 3.9%
Chairman of the Board,
The Clark Reliance Corporation
(Manufacturer of liquid flow
meters and valves)

O.K. "Bud" Dealey, Jr. (62).. President, 1998 47,437 1.5%
Transmatic, Inc.

Jessie D. Swinea, Jr. (67)... President, 1998 7,500 .2%
Vultron, Inc.

Robert J. Ruben (79)......... Private Investor, Attorney, 2001 18,465 .6%
Retired as Secretary
of the Company in June, 2002

Each of the nominees has been engaged in the principal occupation set
forth above for more than the past five years.

In addition to various informal conferences and meetings, the Board of
Directors held four regular meetings during 2002. All directors, except Mr.
Duncan Miller and Mr. Swinea, who were unable to attend two meetings and one
meeting, respectively, attended all of such meetings. The directors received the
following fees: Dale S. Coenen $25,000, Duncan Miller $25,000, O.K. "Bud"
Dealey, Jr. $25,000, Robert J. Ruben $25,000, Jessie D. Swinea, Jr. $25,000, and
Harry E. Figgie, Jr. $25,000. The Company has an Executive Committee of the
Board of Directors, which held four meetings during the 2002 fiscal year. The
members of the Executive Committee are Dale S. Coenen and Duncan Miller.

The Company does not have a nominating committee.

The Board of Directors recommends the election of the nominees listed
on the previous page. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the
Common Stock represented at the meeting is required for election.

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

The Company has an Audit Committee of the Board of Directors,
consisting entirely of directors who are not officers or employees of the
Company and who are determined by the board to be "independent" as required by
the applicable listing standards of the National Association of Securities
Dealers. Its members were Harry E. Figgie, Jr., Duncan Miller, and Robert J.
Ruben. The Audit Committee held four meetings during the 2002 fiscal year. It
reviewed the scope and results of the independent accountants' examination and
related fees, company management letters, and internal audit activity of the
Company, and discussed with the independent accountants the material required to
be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 and reviewed the written
disclosures and letter from the independent accountants required by the
Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, and other pertinent auditing and
internal control matters. The Audit Committee also recommended to the board that
the audited financial statements be included in the annual report on Form 10-K
for the 2002 fiscal year.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation
for services in all capacities to the Company and its subsidiaries for the years
ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 of those persons who were, at December
31, 2002, (i) the Chief Executive Officer and (ii) the next four most highly
compensated executive officers of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Named
Officers").

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

ANNUAL COMPENSATION
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OTHER ANNUAL ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
POSITION YEAR ($)(3) ($)(1)(3) ($)(3) ($)(2)(3)
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Dale S. Coenen 2002 $320,718 $ -0- $25,000 $ -0-
Chairman of the Board 2001 325,727 -0- 25,000 -0-
and President of 2000 325,600 -0- 25,000 -0-
Trans-Industries, Inc.

O.K. Dealey, Jr. 2002 185,718 111,000 25,000 2,750
President of 2001 175,718 -0- 25,000 2,533
Transmatic, Inc. 2000 165,877 -0- 25,000 2,488

Jessie D. Swinea, Jr. 2002 135,718 -0- 25,000 600
President of 2001 136,599 -0- 25,000 600
Vultron, Inc. 2000 136,379 -0- 25,000 600

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE (CONTINUED)

Jack Stratford 2002 129,288 27,440 -0- -0-
Sr. Vice President of 2001 157,613 -0- -0- -0-
Transmatic, Inc. 2000 185,100 -0- -0- -0-

Joseph Trimai 2002 110,718 44,000 -0- 1,661
Vice President of 2001 103,057 40,000 -0- 1,561
Transmatic, Inc. 2000 91,425 35,200 -0- 1,371

(1) The bonuses reported in the table are indicated for the year earned, not
necessarily the year paid.

(2) "All Other Compensation" consists of discretionary contributions to the
Company's Defined Contribution Plan and Company matching contributions to
the 401(K) Plan.

(3) The incremental cost to the Company and its subsidiaries of providing
incidental personal benefits to executive officers of the Company did not,
for the 2002 fiscal year, exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the total
of annual salary and bonus for any individual named in the Summary
Compensation Table.

The Company does not know of any transactions in which the amount
involved exceeds $60,000 and in which any director, officer, or any security
holder who is known to the Company to own of record or beneficially more than
five percent of the Company's voting securities, or any immediate family member
of any such persons had a material interest.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

The Company has a Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors,
consisting of Dale S. Coenen, the president of the Company and the Chairman of
the Board, and the independent directors, Duncan Miller, Robert J. Ruben, Harry
E. Figgie, Jr. The Compensation Committee held four meetings during the 2002
fiscal year. It reviewed compensation levels for salaried personnel, approved
recommended salary increases when merited, and compared Company compensation
levels with positions of similar scope and responsibility with those among a
peer group of companies. Mr. Coenen, as an employee of the Company, does not
participate in any recommendations or decisions regarding his own compensation.

FACTORS CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation levels of all salary positions are reviewed periodically
by outside consultants and compared with positions of similar scope and
responsibility with those among a peer group of companies. In determining
compensation payable to the CEO, the Compensation Committee took into account
such compensation levels and the operating position of the Company. With respect
to the other "Named Officers", the Compensation Committee considered the
performance of the respective subsidiary in which the executive served
(including sales, earnings, and return on assets), levels of compensation paid
to comparable executives, responsibilities involved, and the need for adequate
incentives to improve future performance.

SHAREOWNER RETURN PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on the
Company's Common Stock to the cumulative total return of a broad index of the
NASDAQ Market and an index of non-financial stocks for the period December 31,
1997 through December 31, 2002.

FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
TRANS-INDUSTRIES, INC., NASDAQ MARKET INDEX (US COMPANIES)
AND NASDAQ NON-FINANCIAL STOCKS INDEX

[PERFORMANCE GRAPH]

Ending 12/31 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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NASDAQ Index 100 141 261 157 125 86
Non-Financial Index 100 147 288 168 128 84
Trans-Industries, Inc. 100 82 52 16 9 38

ASSUMES $100 INVESTED ON DECEMBER 31, 1997.
TOTAL RETURN ASSUMES REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

PROFIT SHARING PLAN

A Defined Contribution Plan was adopted by the Company in 1977, and is
nondiscriminatory, port-able, cliff-type vesting, and completely Company
financed for all full time employees of Trans-Industries, Inc. and its
subsidiaries with one year or more of service. Contributions are established
annually by action of the Board of Directors based on profits, cash flow, and
other pertinent factors. For 2002, there was no contribution made to the Plan.
Distribution of accounts is made upon termination of employment. Due to the
variable circumstances surrounding the Company's decision to contribute to the
Plan in any given year, the Company has determined that it is not feasible to
project estimated annual benefits payable upon retirement at normal retirement
age for each of the "Named Officers."

Incorporated into the Defined Contribution Plan is a 401(K) feature,
whereby the Company matches the employee's deferrals at a rate of 25 percent.
The Company's contributions to the 401(K) plan amounted to $46,000 for 2002.

II. INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Grant Thornton LLP, Southfield, Michigan has acted as the Company's
independent certified public accountants since 1994. As stated in the notice of
the meeting, it will be proposed that the stockholders ratify the appointment of
Grant Thornton LLP as auditor for the Company for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2003. A representative of Grant Thornton LLP is expected to be
present at the meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he so
desires. He will also be available to respond to appropriate questions.

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to the Company
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 by Grant Thornton LLP:

Audit Fees........................................... $ 74,763
Financial Information Systems Design and
Implementation Fees.............................. -0-
All Other Fees....................................... 42,795
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$117,558
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The amounts shown above include out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Grant
Thornton in connection with the provision of such services. The amount shown for
"Audit Fees" includes fees relating to quarterly reviews of unaudited financial
statements, and the amounts shown for "All Other Fees" includes fees relating to
tax returns and audits of medical and deferred compensation plans. The Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors considered whether Grant Thornton's
provision of the services generating "All Other Fees" is compatible with
maintaining Grant Thornton's independence.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

Any proposals by stockholders of the Company intended to be included in
the Company's proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the Company's next
annual meeting of stockholders must be in writing and received by the Company at
its office at 2637 S. Adams Rd., Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309 no later than
December 16, 2003.

GENERAL

The management does not know of any matters other than the foregoing
which will be presented for consideration at the meeting. However, if other
matters properly come before the meeting, it is the intention of the persons
named in the enclosed proxy to vote thereon in accordance with their judgment.

The entire cost of soliciting management proxies will be borne by the
Company. Proxies will be solicited by mail and may be solicited personally by
directors, officers or regular employees of the Company, who will not be
compensated for their services.

The Company will provide any stockholder of record at the close of
business on March 28, 2003, without charge, upon written request to its
Secretary at 2637 S. Adams Rd., Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309, a copy of the
Company's Annual Report and Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2002. In order to assure a quorum, whether or not you plan to attend the
meeting, you are urged to forward your proxy without delay. If you do attend the
meeting and vote, your proxy will not be used. A prompt response will aid
management in preparing for the Annual Meeting and, accordingly, will be greatly
appreciated.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Robert Anderson
Secretary
April 14, 2003

TRANS-INDUSTRIES, INC.
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS, MAY 21, 2003
SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned hereby appoints each of Dale S. Coenen and Kai Kosanke
as Proxies, each with full power of substitution, to represent the undersigned
and to vote, as designated below, all the shares of Common Stock of
TRANS-INDUSTRIES, INC., held of record by the undersigned on March 28, 2003, at
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the Holiday Inn, 1500 Opdyke
Road, Auburn Hills, Michigan on May 21, 2003, or any adjournment thereof. The
Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR proposals 1 and 2:

1. Election of six directors to hold office for a term of one year.

[ ] FOR all nominees listed below [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
(except as marked to the contrary below) to vote for all nominees listed below

Dale S. Coenen Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Robert J. Ruben
O. K. "Bud" Dealey, Jr. Duncan Miller Jessie D. Swinea, Jr.

(INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, write
that nominee's name on the space provided below.)

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2. Proposal to ratify selection of Grant Thornton LLP as independent
auditor for the Company.

[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN

3. In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other
business as may properly come before the meeting. This proxy when
properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by the
undersigned stockholder. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED "FOR" PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.

__________________________ __________________________ Date ____________, 2003
Signature of Stockholder Signature of Stockholder

Please sign your name exactly as it appears hereon. When shares are held by
joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a
corporation, please sign full corporate name by President or other authorized
officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

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