As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2003

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 2003
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                            Tufco Technologies, Inc.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



          Delaware                        0-21108                39-1723477
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(State or Other Jurisdiction             (Commission          (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                   File Number)      Identification No.)


   PO Box 23500, Green Bay, Wisconsin                            54305
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)




Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  920.336.0054
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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         (c)      Exhibits

                  The following exhibit is included pursuant to Item 12. Results
                  of Operations and Financial Condition of Form 8-K:

  Exhibit No.     Description


  99.1            Press Release dated August 13, 2003.


ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

           On August 13, 2003, Tufco Technologies Inc. issued a press release
           reporting financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. A
           copy of this press release is included as Exhibit 99 and incorporated
           herein by reference.

           The information, including the exhibits attached hereto, in this
           Current Report on Form 8-K is being "furnished" and shall not be
           deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and
           Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
           liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report
           shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration
           statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
           as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the
           Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise
           expressly stated in any such filing.

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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   TUFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



Dated:  August 14, 2003            By: /s/ MICHAEL B. WHEELER
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                                      Michael B. Wheeler
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer





                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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  99.1            Press Release dated August 13, 2003.
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