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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2005

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

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          Delaware                         1-6263                58-2572419
(State or Other Jurisdiction            (Commission            (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                 File Number)         Identification No.)

                 2170 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324
               (Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (404) 321-7910

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Item 8.01  Other Events.

On April 18, 2005,  Marine Products  Corporation  issued a press release titled,
"Marine  Products  Corporation to Present at the 9th Annual  Burkenroad  Reports
Investment  Conference," which announced a presentation that Marine Products was
to make on Friday, April 22, 2005 at 11:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c) Exhibits.

      Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated April 18, 2005.


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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  Marine
Products  Corporation  has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                    Marine Products Corporation.

Date: April 18, 2005                                /s/ BEN M. PALMER
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                                                    Ben M. Palmer
                                                    Vice President,
                                                    Chief Financial Officer and
                                                    Treasurer

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