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)................October 22, 1996


                            SI HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     PENNSYLVANIA                    O-3362                     22-1643428
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    (State or other               (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
     jurisdiction                 File Number)              Identification No.)
   of incorporation


                       600 KUEBLER ROAD, EASTON, PA 18040
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code..................610-252-7321


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





ITEM 5.       OTHER EVENTS
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     SI Handling Systems, Inc. (the "Company") has made certain projections with
respect to future results as follows:

              (1) It is expected that  revenues for the third fiscal  quarter of
the Company ending December 1, 1996 will be approximately $4,200,000.

              (2) It is expected that revenues for the fourth fiscal  quarter of
the  Company  ending  March 2, 1997 will be  approximately  $7,800,000  and that
earnings per share could be $0.25.

              (3) Revenues for SI/BAKER,  INC., the Company's joint venture, for
the fiscal  year ending  February  28,  1997 are  expected  to be  approximately
$15,000,000.

              (4)  Revenues  for the Company for the fiscal year ending March 1,
1998 are expected to be approximately $40,000,000.

     The foregoing projections are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 21E of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934.  There are a number of
important  factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
projections, including delays in completing the work on orders presently in hand
due to customer  requirements  or otherwise  and the receipt of new orders which
have not yet been  awarded.  Accordingly,  there  can be no  assurance  that the
actual results will meet the projections.


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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.


                                            SI HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC.

     11/4/96                                 /S/ Leonard S. Yurkovic
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      (Date)                                       (Signature)
                                               Leonard S. Yurkovic
                                                President and CEO