content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 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): December 16, 2003
  
  
                       VULCAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
  
         DELAWARE                     1-10219               31-0810265
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  (State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer I.D. No.)
       of incorporation)
  
  
          300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1704
               Wilmington, Delaware                          19801
   --------------------------------------------------      ----------
      Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (302) 427-5804
  
  
                                    N/A
        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  
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  Item 5.     Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure
  
  
  A copy of the news release issued by Vulcan International Corporation
  on Tuesday, December 16, 2003, describing an offer from Brunswick
  Bowling & Billiards Corporation to purchase Vulcan International
  Corporation's 50 percent interest in its joint venture, Vulcan-
  Brunswick Bowling Pin Company, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
  
  
       (a) Exhibits
  
           99.1  News Release dated December 16, 2003.
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
                                 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.
  
  
                                       Vulcan International Corporation
  
  
  
                                       By: /s/ Vernon E. Bachman
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Vernon E. Bachman, Vice President
                                           and Secretary-Treasurer
  
  
  
  Date: December 16, 2003
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 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): December 16, 2003
  
                       VULCAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
         DELAWARE                     1-10219               31-0810265
  ---------------------------    -------------------   --------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer I.D. No.)
       of incorporation)
  
          300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1704
               Wilmington, Delaware                          19801
   --------------------------------------------------      ----------
      Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (302) 427-5804
  
                                    N/A
        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  Item 5.     Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure
  
  A copy of the news release issued by Vulcan International Corporation
  on Tuesday, December 16, 2003, describing an offer from Brunswick
  Bowling & Billiards Corporation to purchase Vulcan International
  Corporation's 50 percent interest in its joint venture, Vulcan-
  Brunswick Bowling Pin Company, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
  
       (a) Exhibits
  
           99.1  News Release dated December 16, 2003.
  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.
  
                                       Vulcan International Corporation
  
                                       By: /s/ Vernon E. Bachman
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Vernon E. Bachman, Vice President
                                           and Secretary-Treasurer
  
  Date: December 16, 2003