UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 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) MARCH 24, 2005
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                               SL INDUSTRIES, INC.
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


   NEW JERSEY                        1-4987                 21-0682685
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   (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission             (IRS Employer
   of incorporation)               File Number)            Identification No.)


      520 Fellowship Road, Suite A114, Mount Laurel, New Jersey      08054
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          (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (856) 727-1500
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                                       N/A
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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ITEM 2.02.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
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     On March 24,  2005,  SL  Industries,  Inc., a New Jersey  corporation  (the
"Company")  announced  its financial  results for the fourth  quarter and fiscal
year ended  December  31,  2004.  A copy of the press  release is  furnished  as
Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

     The  information  furnished  pursuant to this  Current  Report on Form 8-K,
including the exhibit  hereto,  shall not be considered  "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended,  or otherwise
subject  to the  liability  of such  section,  nor shall it be  incorporated  by
reference  into future  filings by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended,  unless the Company
expressly  sets  forth in such  future  filing  that such  information  is to be
considered "filed" or incorporated by reference therein.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
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(c)  Exhibits

     EXHIBIT NO.    EXHIBITS
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     99.1           Press Release dated March 24, 2005.











                                   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.



                                               SL INDUSTRIES, INC.
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                                                  (Registrant)

Date: March 29, 2005
                                         By:    /s/ David R. Nuzzo
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                                         Name:  David R. Nuzzo
                                         Title: Vice President and Chief
                                                Financial Officer