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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): January 9, 2006

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

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          Delaware                       1-16263                 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

      Check the  appropriate  box below if the Form 8-K  filing is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 9, 2006, Marine Products Corporation issued a press release entitled,
" Marine Products Corporation  Announces Share Repurchases in the Fourth Quarter
of 2005," that announced share repurchases that Marine Products Corporation made
during the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2005.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits.

      Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated January 9, 2006.


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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: January 9, 2006                               /s/ BEN M. PALMER
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                                                    Ben M. Palmer
                                                    Vice President,
                                                    Chief Financial Officer 
                                                    and Treasurer


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