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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 11-K

               [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (D) OF THE
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2001                             Commission File Number (333-00289)
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             ROBBINS & MYERS, INC. SAVINGS PLAN FOR UNION EMPLOYEES
                                 (Name of Plan)
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                              ROBBINS & MYERS, INC.
                              1400 Kettering Tower
                               Dayton, Ohio 45423
                                 (937) 222-2610
(Name of Issuer of Security, held pursuant to Plan and address of its principal
executive office)

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                              REQUIRED INFORMATION
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         The Robbins & Myers, Inc. Savings Plan for Union Employees (the Plan)
is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

         ITEM 4. In lieu of the requirements of Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Form
11-K, the following financial statements of the Plan, notes thereto, and Report
of Independent Auditors thereon are being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report:

         (a)      Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits - December 31,
                  2001 and 2000

         (b)      Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits -
                  for the year ended December 31, 2001

         (c)       Notes to Financial Statements;

         (d)      Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
                  - December 31, 2001; and

         (e)       Report of Independent Auditors.

         The consent of Independent Auditors to the incorporation by reference
of the foregoing financial statements in Registration statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-00289) is being filed as Exhibit 23.1 to this Report.

                                   SIGNATURES

         THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the persons who administer the Robbins & Myers, Inc. Savings Plan for
Union Employees have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     ROBBINS & MYERS, INC. SAVINGS
                                     PLAN FOR UNION EMPLOYEES

                                     By /s/ Kevin J. Brown
                                             Name:    Kevin J. Brown
                                             Title:   Member, Corporate Benefits
                                                      Committee
                                             Dated:   June 28, 2002





                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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         The following Exhibits are being filed with this Annual Report on Form
11-K:

EXHIBIT

(23)               CONSENT OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

                   23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

(99)               ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS

                   99.1 Audited Financial Statement of Robbins & Myers, Inc.
                   Savings Plan for Union Employees as of December 31, 2001 and
                   2000 and for the year ended December 31, 2001.