================================================================================

                                  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: MAY 7, 2007
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                                IDEX CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     DELAWARE                      1-10235                       36-3555336
    (State of              (Commission File Number)             (IRS Employer
  Incorporation)                                             Identification No.)


                                 630 DUNDEE ROAD
                           NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS 60062
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                 (847) 498-7070
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



         Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

   [ ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
        (17 CFR 230.425)

   [ ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
        (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

   [ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
        Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

   [ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
        Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

================================================================================




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

On May 7, 2007, IDEX Corporation issued a press release announcing that its
director Gregory B. Kenny, CEO and President of General Cable will resign from
the IDEX Board effective December 31, 2007. Mr. Kenny had joined the Company's
board in February 2002.

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01 -- Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits

     99.1    Press release dated May 7, 2007




                                    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.

                                 IDEX CORPORATION




                                 By:  /s/ Dominic A. Romeo
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Dominic A. Romeo
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

May 10, 2007




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER           DESCRIPTION
------           -----------

99.1             Press release dated May 7, 2007