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): June 29, 2001
  TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  (Exact Name of  Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  		Delaware			 0-20303			13-2846796
  	(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
  	       of Incorporation)		File Number)	Identification No.)
      4 Hardscrabble Heights, P.O. Box 382, Brewster New York	  10509
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		 	(Zip Code)
  			(845) 277-8100
  (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
  Item 5.	Other Events.
  On January 2, 2001, the Company was notified by the
  staff (the "Staff") of The Nasdaq Stock Market that the Company
  had failed to demonstrate compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid
  price requirement for continued listing of its securities on the
  Nasdaq Stock Market.  The Company requested an oral hearing
  before the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel (the "Panel") in
  a letter dated April 12, 2001 to appeal the Staff's determination
  to delist the Company's securities.  That hearing took place on
  May 25, 2001.  On June 29, 2001, the Company received
  notification of the Panel's decision to delist the Company's
  securities from the Nasdaq Stock Market effective with the open
  of business on July 2, 2001.
  
  
  
  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
  TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  By:  _/s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
         Andrew L. Simon
         President, Chief Executive
         Officer and Chairman of the Board
  
  Dated:    July 16, 2001
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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): June 29, 2001
  TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  (Exact Name of  Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  		Delaware			 0-20303			13-2846796
  	(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
  	       of Incorporation)		File Number)	Identification No.)
      4 Hardscrabble Heights, P.O. Box 382, Brewster New York	  10509
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		 	(Zip Code)
  			(845) 277-8100
  (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  Item 5.	Other Events.
  On January 2, 2001, the Company was notified by the
  staff (the "Staff") of The Nasdaq Stock Market that the Company
  had failed to demonstrate compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid
  price requirement for continued listing of its securities on the
  Nasdaq Stock Market.  The Company requested an oral hearing
  before the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel (the "Panel") in
  a letter dated April 12, 2001 to appeal the Staff's determination
  to delist the Company's securities.  That hearing took place on
  May 25, 2001.  On June 29, 2001, the Company received
  notification of the Panel's decision to delist the Company's
  securities from the Nasdaq Stock Market effective with the open
  of business on July 2, 2001.
  
  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
  TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  By:  _/s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
         Andrew L. Simon
         President, Chief Executive
         Officer and Chairman of the Board
  
  Dated:    July 16, 2001
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