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): August 18, 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

Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

On August 18, 2004, Lydall, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release titled “W. Leslie Duffy Elected Chairman of the Board of Lydall, Inc.” A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.7 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
99.7	Press release dated August 18, 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.
August 20, 2004	By:	/s/ JOHN J. KRAWCZYNSKI
		John J. Krawczynski Controller (On behalf of the Registrant and as Principal Accounting Officer)

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LYDALL, INC.

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit Number
99.7	Press Release dated August 18, 2004, titled “W. Leslie Duffy Elected Chairman of the Board of Lydall, Inc.,” filed herewith.

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EX-99.7

Exhibit 99.7

W. LESLIE DUFFY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF LYDALL, INC.

MANCHESTER, CT – August 18, 2004 – Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL) today announced that W. Leslie Duffy has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Mr. Duffy, a member of Lydall’s Board of Directors since 1992, is a Partner in the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP located in New York City. Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP does not perform services for Lydall, Inc.

Mr. Duffy, who has been with Cahill Gordon & Reindel since 1965, became Partner in 1974. He currently serves as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of Lydall’s Board.

He holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, a LL.B. degree from Columbia University School of Law and a LL.M. degree in tax from the New York University School of Law.

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 numerous sales offices in Europe and Asia, focuses on specialty engineered products for the thermal/acoustical and filtration/separation markets.