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


                         June 25, 1999 (June 18, 1999)
               ------------------------------------------------
               Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)


                              Hexcel Corporation
            ------------------------------------------------------
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


          Delaware              1-8472               94-1109521
       --------------     ---------------------      ------------------
       (State of          (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer
       Incorporation)                                Identification No.)


                              Two Stamford Plaza
                             281 Tresser Boulevard
                       Stamford, Connecticut  06901-3238
         ------------------------------------------------------------
             (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)


                                (203) 969-0666
             ----------------------------------------------------
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      N/A
         -------------------------------------------------------------
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



Item 5      Other Events.
            -------------

            A copy of the press release issued by Hexcel Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") on June 18, 1999 is filed as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 7      Financial Statements, Pro Forma
            Financial Information and Exhibits.
            -----------------------------------

      (c)   Exhibits

            99.1              Press Release issued by the
                              Company on June 18, 1999.



                                 Signatures

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  June 25, 1999


                             HEXCEL CORPORATION

                            By:  /s/ Ira J. Krakower
                                 ----------------------------------
                                 Name:  Ira J. Krakower
                                 Title: Senior Vice President,
                                        General Counsel and
                                        Secretary




                               EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.             Description

99.1                    Press Release issued by the
                        Company on June 18, 1998
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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

                         June 25, 1999 (June 18, 1999)
               ------------------------------------------------
               Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

                              Hexcel Corporation
            ------------------------------------------------------
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          Delaware              1-8472               94-1109521
       --------------     ---------------------      ------------------
       (State of          (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer
       Incorporation)                                Identification No.)

                              Two Stamford Plaza
                             281 Tresser Boulevard
                       Stamford, Connecticut  06901-3238
         ------------------------------------------------------------
             (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

                                (203) 969-0666
             ----------------------------------------------------
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      N/A
         -------------------------------------------------------------
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 5      Other Events.
            -------------

            A copy of the press release issued by Hexcel Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") on June 18, 1999 is filed as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7      Financial Statements, Pro Forma
            Financial Information and Exhibits.
            -----------------------------------

      (c)   Exhibits

            99.1              Press Release issued by the
                              Company on June 18, 1999.

                                 Signatures

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  June 25, 1999

                             HEXCEL CORPORATION

                            By:  /s/ Ira J. Krakower
                                 ----------------------------------
                                 Name:  Ira J. Krakower
                                 Title: Senior Vice President,
                                        General Counsel and
                                        Secretary

                               EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.             Description

99.1                    Press Release issued by the
                        Company on June 18, 1998