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): October 20, 2004

Tredegar Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 330-1000

          Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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)

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          |_| 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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

          This Current Report on Form 8-K and the earnings press release attached hereto are being furnished by Tredegar Corporation pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K, insofar as they disclose historical information regarding our results of operations and financial condition for the third quarter of 2004.

          On October 20, 2004, Tredegar Corporation announced its results of operations for the third quarter of 2004. Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is the press release by Tredegar Corporation containing that announcement.

          In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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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.

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