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):  May 10,
2004

Southwall Technologies Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
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(State of incorporation or organization)

0-15930                                    94-2551470
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(Commission File Number)          (I.R.S. Employer
				        Identification No.)

3975 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, California  94303
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(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(650) 962-9111
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Item 7.		Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
Exhibits.
	(c)	Exhibits
	99.1	Press Release, dated July 31, 2003, issued by Southwall
Technologies Inc. 
Item 12.	Regulation FD Disclosure.
On May 10, 2004, Southwall Technologies Inc. (the 'Registrant') issued a
press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 28,
2004.  A copy of such press release of the Registrant is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference
in its entirety.

The information, including the exhibit attached hereto, in this Current
Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed 'filed' for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

 
 
 
 
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.

							SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Date: May 10, 2004					By: /s/ Thomas G.
Hood____________
















Thomas G. Hood
President and Chief Executive Officer

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description


99.1		Press Release, dated May 10, 2004, issued by Southwall
Technologies Inc.