8-K

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): April 26, 2004

LYDALL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission file number: 1-7665

Delaware	06-0865505
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Colonial Road, Manchester, Connecticut	06040
(Address of principal executive offices)	(zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 646-1233

LYDALL, INC.

INDEX

		Page Number
Item 5.	Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure	3
Item 7.	Financial Statements and Exhibits	3
Signature		4
Exhibit Index		5

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Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

On April 26, 2004, Lydall, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release titled “John J. Krawczynski Appointed Controller of Lydall, Inc. and Stockholders Elect Ten Directors to Serve Until the Company’s Next Annual Meeting in 2005.” A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

The following is furnished as an Exhibit to this report:

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
99.3	Press release dated April 26, 2004

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

	LYDALL, INC.
April 28, 2004	By:	/S/    THOMAS P. SMITH
		Thomas P. Smith Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (On behalf of the Registrant and as Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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LYDALL, INC.

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit Number
99.3	Press Release dated April 26, 2004, titled “John J. Krawczynski Appointed Controller of Lydall, Inc. and Stockholders Elect Ten Directors to Serve Until the Company’s Next Annual Meeting in 2005,” filed herewith.

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EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

JOHN J. KRAWCZYNSKI APPOINTED CONTROLLER OF LYDALL, INC. AND STOCKHOLDERS ELECT TEN DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL THE COMPANY’S ANNUAL MEETING IN 2005

MANCHESTER, CT — April 26, 2004 – Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL) Lydall, Inc. today announced that John J. Krawczynski has been promoted to Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company.

Mr. Krawczynski joined Lydall as Assistant Controller in 2001. He had previously spent eight years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Hartford, CT advancing to the position of Senior Manager in the Audit and Business Advisory Services Group.

Mr. Krawczynski, a CPA, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a certificate in computer information systems from Western New England College. He is a member of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

He also serves on the development committee and planned giving subcommittee of Nutmeg Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

In addition to the appointment of Mr. Krawczynski as Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, Lydall announced that the following actions were taken at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held April 22, 2004.

Directors Lee A. Asseo, Kathleen Burdett, W. Leslie Duffy, Matthew T. Farrell, David Freeman, Suzanne Hammett, Christopher R. Skomorowski, S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr., Elliott F. Whitely, and Roger M. Widmann were elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting to be held in 2005. Also, Stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors for fiscal year 2004.

Lydall, Inc. is a New York Stock Exchange listed company headquartered in Manchester, Connecticut. The Company, with operations in the U.S., France, and Germany, and sales offices in Germany, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan, focuses on specialty engineered products for the thermal/acoustical and filtration/separation markets.