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                   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) January 16, 1998
                                                      ----------------




                          LINDBERG CORPORATION
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          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                            DELAWARE
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              (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


             0-8287                           36-1391480
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     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


       6133 North River Road, Suite 700, Rosemont, Illinois   60018
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           (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)


                         (847) 823-2021
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      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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      Item 2.   Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

     On January 16, 1998 the registrant purchased all of the outstanding
shares of Industrial  Steel Treating  Co. from  its fourteen  individual
shareholders for $11,250,000 in  cash.  In  related transactions on  the
same date, the  registrant purchased all  of the  outstanding shares  of
Fabriform  Metal  Brazing,  Inc.   from  its  three  stockholders   (two
individuals and a trust) for $300,000 in cash, and the real property  on
which the two acquired companies are located from the owner of the  real
property (another trust) for $250,000 in cash.  Each of Industrial Steel
Treating  Co.  and  Fabriform  Metal  Brazing,  Inc.  is  a   California
corporation engaged  in  the heat  treating  business.   The  registrant
intends to use the assets of  the acquired companies in the same  manner
as they were used before the  acquisition.  The stock and real  property
purchases  were  at  prices   negotiated  between  the  registrant   and
representatives of the sellers and were  financed from a revolving  line
of credit under an amended bank  credit agreement with the  registrant's
banks.



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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.



                                LINDBERG CORPORATION
                                --------------------
                                    (Registrant)



Date  January 30, 1998        By  /s/Stephen S. Penley
      ----------------           -----------------------
                                 Stephen S. Penley
                                 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
                                   Officer and Secretary



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                     LINDBERG CORPORATION FORM 8-K

                             Exhibit Index

 Exhibit No.                       Description
 -----------                       -----------
       2          Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Stock dated
                  as of January 16, 1998 among Lindberg
                  Corporation and the stockholders of Industrial
                  Steel Treating Co.
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                   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) January 16, 1998
                                                      ----------------

                          LINDBERG CORPORATION
     -----------------------------------------------------------------
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                            DELAWARE
     -----------------------------------------------------------------
              (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

             0-8287                           36-1391480
     ------------------------    -------------------------------------
     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

       6133 North River Road, Suite 700, Rosemont, Illinois   60018
     -----------------------------------------------------------------
           (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)

                         (847) 823-2021
     -----------------------------------------------------------------
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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      Item 2.   Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

     On January 16, 1998 the registrant purchased all of the outstanding
shares of Industrial  Steel Treating  Co. from  its fourteen  individual
shareholders for $11,250,000 in  cash.  In  related transactions on  the
same date, the  registrant purchased all  of the  outstanding shares  of
Fabriform  Metal  Brazing,  Inc.   from  its  three  stockholders   (two
individuals and a trust) for $300,000 in cash, and the real property  on
which the two acquired companies are located from the owner of the  real
property (another trust) for $250,000 in cash.  Each of Industrial Steel
Treating  Co.  and  Fabriform  Metal  Brazing,  Inc.  is  a   California
corporation engaged  in  the heat  treating  business.   The  registrant
intends to use the assets of  the acquired companies in the same  manner
as they were used before the  acquisition.  The stock and real  property
purchases  were  at  prices   negotiated  between  the  registrant   and
representatives of the sellers and were  financed from a revolving  line
of credit under an amended bank  credit agreement with the  registrant's
banks.
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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.

                                LINDBERG CORPORATION
                                --------------------
                                    (Registrant)

Date  January 30, 1998        By  /s/Stephen S. Penley
      ----------------           -----------------------
                                 Stephen S. Penley
                                 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
                                   Officer and Secretary
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                     LINDBERG CORPORATION FORM 8-K

                             Exhibit Index

 Exhibit No.                       Description
 -----------                       -----------
       2          Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Stock dated
                  as of January 16, 1998 among Lindberg
                  Corporation and the stockholders of Industrial
                  Steel Treating Co.