EXHIBIT 31.1

RULE 13a-14(a) CERTIFICATION

I, Roger L. Fix, President and Chief Executive Officer of Standex International Corporation certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this Amendment No. 2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Standex International Corporation;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

Date:  October 8, 2004

/s/  Roger L. Fix

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Roger L. Fix

President/Chief Executive Officer