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 1, 2006

NASHUA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts	1-05492	02-0170100
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

11 Trafalgar Square, Suite 201
Nashua, New Hampshire 03063
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 

(603) 880-2323
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

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Item 5.02.      Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On August 1, 2006, Nashua Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee, voted to elect Michael T. Leatherman as a new director of the Company, to serve until his successor is elected and qualified. Mr. Leatherman will serve as a member of the Audit/Finance and Investment Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

     There are no transactions, or series of similar transactions, or any currently proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, to which the Company is to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $60,000, and in which Mr. Leatherman had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year. There are no familial relationships between Mr. Leatherman and any other director or executive officer of the Company.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	NASHUA CORPORATION
Date: August 4, 2006	By:	/s/ John L. Patenaude
		John L. Patenaude
		Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer