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): July 28, 2004

Nashua Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Massachusetts
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) 1-05492
(Commission File Number) 02-0170100
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

11 Trafalgar Square, Second Floor, Nashua, NH
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 03063
(Zip Code)

603-880-2323
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On July 28, 2004, Nashua Corporation announced its financial results for the second quarter ended July 2, 2004. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

     The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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.

Date: July 29, 2004	NASHUA CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ John L. Patenaude
	Name: Title:	John L. Patenaude Vice President — Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press release of Nashua Corporation, dated July 28, 2004