UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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): November 10, 2010

POLYPORE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-32266		43-2049334
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

11430 North Community House Road, Suite 350, Charlotte, North Carolina	28277
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(704) 587-8409
(Registrant’s Telephone Number Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name and Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 10, 2010, Polypore International, Inc. (“Polypore”) issued a press release announcing its offering of $365 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2017 to “Qualified Institutional Buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On November 10, 2010, Polypore issued a press release announcing that it commenced tender offers to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 8¾% Senior Subordinated Dollar Notes due 2012 and 8¾% Senior Subordinated Euro Notes due 2012 pursuant to an Offer to Purchase statement dated November 10, 2010. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release of Polypore International, Inc., dated November 10, 2010.

99.2		Press Release of Polypore International, Inc., dated November 10, 2010.

SIGNATURES

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.

	POLYPORE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
	(Registrant)


Date: November 10, 2010	By:	/s/ Lynn Amos
		Lynn Amos
		Chief Financial Officer