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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 25, 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 File Number)        (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      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  January  24,  2006,  Marine  Products  Corporation  issued  a press  release
entitled,  "Marine Products Corporation  Announces Increased Fourth Quarter Cash
Dividend and Plans to Announce Fourth Quarter and Annual 2005 Financial  Results
during a Conference Call on February 15, 2006." The press release announced that
the Board of  Directors  declared an increased  quarterly  dividend of $0.05 per
share and also announced the date that Marine Products  Corporation will release
its Fourth Quarter and Annual 2005 financial results. This release also provided
the related conference call information.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c) Exhibits.

         Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated January 24, 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 24, 2006                              /s/ BEN M. PALMER
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                                                    Ben M. Palmer
                                                    Vice President,
                                                    Chief Financial Officer and 
                                                    Treasurer


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