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)   April 4, 2005
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                           II-VI Incorporated
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         (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                             Pennsylvania
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            (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

           0-16195                          25-1214948
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 (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer Identification No.)


375 Saxonburg Boulevard, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania         16056
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

                            (724) 352-4455
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         (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                            Not Applicable
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     (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     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 following provisions (see General 
Instruction A.2. below):

      [  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the 
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

      [  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the 
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

      [  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) 
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

      [  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) 
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01.  Other Events.
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On April 4, 2005, II-VI Incorporated (the "Company") issued a press 
release entitled, "II-VI Incorporated, SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc. and 
Mississippi State University Partner in the Development of Silicon 
Carbide."  The full text of the Company's press release is filed as 
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated 
herein by reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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    (c)     Exhibits.  The following exhibit is being filed pursuant to 
                       Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

              99.1     Press Release





                              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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                    II-VI INCORPORATED
                                    (Registrant)

Date:  April 5, 2005             By:     /s/ Carl J. Johnson
                                               Chairman and 
                                         Chief Executive Officer



Date:  April 5, 2005             By:    /s/ Craig A. Creaturo
                                          Chief Financial Officer
                                               and Treasurer





                              EXHIBIT INDEX


      Exhibit No.               Description
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      99.1  Press Release       II-VI Incorporated, SemiSouth 
                                Laboratories, Inc. and Mississippi 
                                State University Partner in the 
                                Development of Silicon Carbide