SECURITIESTable ANDof EXCHANGE COMMISSION Contents

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 ~~April~~May 15, 2003 (Date of earliest event reported)

MARTIN INDUSTRIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (~~Exact~~State ~~name~~or ofother ~~registrant~~jurisdiction asof ~~specified in its charter~~incorporation)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


0-26228		63-0133054

(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

301 East Tennessee Street Florence, Alabama		35630

(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

0-26228		63-0133054
(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
301 East Tennessee Street
Florence, Alabama		35630
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(216) 744-6000

~~(256) 740-5131~~ (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

~~(Registrant’s~~TABLE ~~telephone~~OF ~~number, including area code)~~CONTENTS

~~Item 5. Other~~SIGNATURES ~~Events~~EX-99. 1 MONTHLY OPERATING REPORT

OnTable December 27, 2002, Martin Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a voluntary petition for relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Decatur, Alabama (the “Bankruptcy Court”) under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code styled In re Martin Industries, Inc., Case No. 02-85553. Contents

~~Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2015, the Company files monthly operating reports with the Bankruptcy Court~~Item 5. Other ~~Pursuant to the Commission’s Staff Legal Bulletin No~~Events. ~~2 (April 15, 1997), the Company submitted a request to the Division of~~ ~~Corporation Finance to modify its periodic reporting practices under the~~ Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and to file the monthly operating reports with the Commission on Form 8-K within 15 calendar days after each such report is due to the Bankruptcy Court in lieu of the periodic reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K. This request is pending. The Company’s monthly operating report for the month ended March 31, 2003 is filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

~~Item~~On December 727, 2002, Martin Industries, Inc. ~~Financial~~ ~~Statements~~(the “Company”) filed a voluntary petition for relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Decatur, ~~Pro~~Alabama ~~Forma~~(the ~~Financial~~“Bankruptcy ~~Information~~Court”) ~~and~~under ~~Exhibits~~Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code styled In re Martin Industries, Inc., Case No. 02-85553.

~~(c)~~The ~~EXHIBITS~~Company has ceased all business operations. The Company has no employees and extremely limited financial resources. As a result, the Company is unable to prepare and file annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. In reliance on Commission Release No. 34-9660, the Company is filing the monthly operating reports it is required to submit to the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2015 with the Commission on Form 8-K within 15 calendar days after each such report is due to the Bankruptcy Court in lieu of the periodic reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K required by the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company’s monthly operating report for the month ended April 30, 2003 is filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

~~Exhibit 99~~Item 7.1 Financial ~~Monthly~~Statements, ~~Operating~~Pro ~~Report~~Forma ~~for~~Financial ~~the~~Information ~~month~~and ~~ended March 31, 2003~~Exhibits.

~~SIGNATURES~~ (c) EXHIBITS. Exhibit 99.1 Monthly Operating Report for the month ended April 30, 2003.

PursuantTable 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. Contents

		MARTIN INDUSTRIES, INC. (Registrant)
Date: April 29, 2003		By /s/ William Neitzke
		William Neitzke Its President and Chief Financial Officer

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.


		MARTIN INDUSTRIES, INC. (Registrant)

Date: May 28, 2003	By	/s/ William Neitzke William Neitzke Its President and Chief Financial Officer

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