UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, ~~D.C.~~DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

~~Pursuant~~SECTION ~~to Section~~ 13 orOR 15(d) ofOF ~~the~~THE ~~Securities~~SECURITIES ~~Exchange~~EXCHANGE ~~Act~~ACT ofOF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~November~~ 6December 18, 2009

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Protective Products of America, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

000-53580

26-3479709

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1649 Northwest 136th Avenue Sunrise, Florida 33323 (Address of Principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(~~Address~~954) 846-8222 (Registrant’s oftelephone ~~Principal executive offices~~number, including ~~Zip~~area ~~Code~~code)

Not Applicable (~~954~~Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ~~846-8222~~

~~(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)~~———————

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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:

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

~~Written~~¨ Soliciting ~~communications~~material pursuant to Rule ~~425~~14a-12 under the ~~Securities~~Exchange Act (17 CFR ~~230~~240.~~425~~14a-12)

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

~~Soliciting~~¨ Pre-commencement ~~material~~communications pursuant to Rule ~~14a~~13e-124(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.~~14a~~13e-124(c))

¨Item 8.01.

~~Pre-commencement~~Other ~~communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240~~Events.~~14d-2(b))~~

¨Protective Products of America, Inc. (the “Company”) closed its manufacturing facility in Granite Falls, North Carolina, effective December 18, 2009. The closure resulted in a headcount reduction of 75 employees. Following the closure of this facility, all of the Company’s manufacturing assets and operations will be consolidated into the Company’s primary manufacturing facility and headquarters located in Sunrise, Florida. The Company expects costs associated with the closure of this facility to be minimal.

~~Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))~~ 2

~~Item 2.02.~~SIGNATURES

~~Results~~Pursuant to the requirements of ~~Operations~~the ~~and~~Securities ~~Financial~~Exchange ~~Condition~~Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

On November 6, 2009, Protective Products of America, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting the Company’s results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


		PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS OF AMERICA, INC.

Date:	December 23, 2009		/s/ JASON A. WILLIAMS
		Name:	Jason A. Williams
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Information in this Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise incorporated by reference into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as otherwise expressly stated in such a filing. 3

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

	Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1		Press Release, dated November 6, 2009

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.

	PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS OF AMERICA, INC.
Date: November 9, 2009	By:	/s/ JASON A. WILLIAMS
	Name:	Jason A. Williams
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated November 6, 2009

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