As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 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): December 4, 2003
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                            Tufco Technologies, Inc.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



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          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)
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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
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99.1                Press Release dated December 4, 2003.

ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

         On December 4, 2003, Tufco Technologies Inc. issued a press release
reporting financial results for the fiscal year ended September 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:  December 4, 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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EXHIBIT NO.                DESCRIPTION
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99.1                       Press Release dated December 4, 2003.
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