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                                  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) MAY 12, 2006

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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.

         On May 12, 2006, SL  Industries,  Inc., a New Jersey  corporation  (the
"Company") announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31,
2006. 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.

(c)      Exhibits

         Exhibit No.                Exhibits
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         99.1                       Press Release dated May 12, 2006.




                                   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: May 15, 2006

                                             By: /s/ David Nuzzo
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                                                 Name:  David Nuzzo
                                                 Title: Vice President and Chief
                                                        Financial Officer