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<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=1><b>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2001</b></font></p>
<p align=right><font face="times new roman" size=1><b>Registration No. 333-</b></font></p>
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<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=3><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></font><BR>
<font face="times new roman" size=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT><p>
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<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3><b>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></FONT></p>
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     <TD align=center width=50%><font face="times new roman" size=3><b>Tredegar Corporation</b></font></td>
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     <TD align=center width=50%><font face="times new roman" size=1>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></td>
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     <TD align=center width=50%><font face="times new roman" size=3><b>VIRGINIA</b></font></td>
     <td align=center width=50%><font face="times new roman" size=3><b>54-1497771</b></font></td>
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     <TD align=center width=50%><font face="times new roman" size=1>(State of Incorporation)</font></td>
     <TD align=center width=50%><font face="times new roman" size=1>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></td>
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<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2><b>1100 Boulders Parkway<BR>
Richmond, Virginia 23225</b></FONT><BR>
<font face="times new roman" size=1>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=3><b>TREDEGAR CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</b></font><BR>
<font face="times new roman" size=1>(Full title of the plan)</font></p>
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<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2>Norman A. Scher, Executive Vice President<BR>
Nancy M. Taylor, Vice President - Law<BR>
Tredegar Corporation<BR>
1100 Boulders Parkway<BR>
Richmond, Virginia  23225<BR>
(804) 330-1000</font><BR>
<font face="times new roman" size=1>(Name, Address  and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></p>
<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2><i>With copies to:</i></font></p>
<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2>C. Porter Vaughan, III, Esq.<BR>
Hunton &amp; William<BR>
951 East Byrd Street<BR>
Richmond, Virginia 23219</font></p>
<p align=center><font face="times new roman" size=3><b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</b></font></p>
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     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=1>Title of<BR>Securities<BR>To Be<BR>Registered</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=1>Amount<BR>To Be<BR>Registered</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=1>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Offering<BR>Price Per<BR>Share</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=1>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Aggregate<BR>Offering<BR>Price</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=1>Amount of<BR>Registration<BR>Fee<BR></font></td>
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     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2><BR>Common Stock</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2><BR>1,500,000</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2><BR>$19.19(*)</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2><BR>$28,785,000</font></td>
     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=2><BR>$7,196.25</font></td>
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     <td align=center><font face="times new roman" size=1>(including the associated<BR>Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)</font></td>
     <td><font face="times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
     <td><font face="times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
     <td><font face="times new roman" size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>*Estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the Registration Fee and based on the average of the high
and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on July 23,
2001, as reported in <I>The Wall Street Journal</I>.<BR>
<B>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.</B> </FONT></P>

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<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</b></FONT></p>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Tredegar Corporation is
hereby registering 1,500,000 additional shares of its common stock (including
the related Preferred Share Purchase Rights), no par value, for issuance under
the Tredegar Corporation Retirement Savings Plan. A registration statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-64647), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 30, 1995, as amended, relating to the same class of
securities and the same employee benefit plan is currently effective and, in
accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of that
registration statement are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>PART I</b></FONT></p>

<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</b></FONT></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plan Information.</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;). </FONT></P>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</b></font></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with the Commission.</font></p>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II</FONT></H1>

<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></font></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents filed by Tredegar Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with
the Commission (file No. 1-10258) are incorporated herein by reference and made
a part hereof: (i) the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000; (ii) the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001; (iii) the Annual Report on Form 11-K
of the Savings Plan for the Employees of Tredegar Corporation for the year ended
December 31, 1999; (iv) the Company&#146;s Form 10, as amended, dated May 17,
1989, containing a description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;), and (v) the description of the Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights, contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with
the Commission on June 16, 1999, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
after the date of the Prospectus and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of the Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of the Prospectus. </FONT></P>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interestsof Named Experts and Counsel.</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (the &#147;Articles&#148;)
eliminate all liability of the Company&#146;s directors and officers for
monetary damages to the Company or its shareholders except in the event of
willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or any federal or
state securities law. The Articles also require indemnification of any person
against liability incurred in connection with any proceeding to which that
person is made a party by reason of (i) his service to the Company as a director
or officer or (ii) his service as director, officer, trustee or partner to some
other enterprise at the request of the Company, except in the event of willful
misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. </FONT></P>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed.</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 8. Exhibits.</b></FONT></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>Exhibit No.</u></font></p>

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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Tredegar (filed as Exhibit 3.1
to Tredegar&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1989, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
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Amended By-laws of Tredegar (filed herewith).</font></td>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.3</FONT></TD>
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Articles of Amendment (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to Tredegar&#146;s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and incorporated herein by
reference). </FONT></td>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
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Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Tredegar&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1989, and incorporated
herein by reference).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
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Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, by and between Tredegar and
American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit
99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed June 16, 1999, as amended,
and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Poti, Walton &amp; Associates, PC (filed herewith).</font></td>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>24</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (included on Signature Page).</font></td>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Registrant has
submitted the Tredegar Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) on June 7, 2001, and will submit any amendments thereto, to
the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has
made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan. </FONT></P>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement;</font></p>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></TD>
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");</font></td>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(ii)</FONT></TD>
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(iii)</FONT></TD>
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change in
such information in the registration statement;</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <u>bona</u> <u>fide</u> offering thereof.</font></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <U>bona</U> <U>fide</U> offering
thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>


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<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>SIGNATURES</b></FONT></p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of
Chesterfield, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 24th day of May, 2001. </FONT></P>

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    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>TREDEGAR CORPORATION</font></td>
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    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Registrant)</font></td>
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    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Dated:  May 24, 2001</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By:<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/John D. Gottwald&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></font></td>
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    <td width=30% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>John D. Gottwald</font></td>
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    <td width=30% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>President</font></td>
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<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>POWERS OF ATTORNEY</b></FONT><p>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each
person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes the agents for service
named in the Registration Statement, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below and to file all
amendments, including any post-effective amendment, to the Registration
Statement and Tredegar Corporation and the Plan each hereby confers like
authority to sign and file on its behalf. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this
24th day of May, 2001. </FONT></P>

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    <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>Signature</u></font></td>
    <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>Title</u></font></td>
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    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/John D. Gottwald&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>President and Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(John D. Gottwald)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Norman A. Scher&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Executive Vice President and Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Norman A. Scher</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Financial Officer)</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Michelle O. Mosier&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Corporate Controller</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Michelle O. Mosier)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Austin Brockenbrough, III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Austin Brockenbrough, III)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Phyllis Cothran&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Phyllis Cothran)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td></tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  R. W. Goodrum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Richard W. Goodrum)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr.)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  William M. Gottwald&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(William M. Gottwald)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Richard L. Morrill&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Richard L. Morrill)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width=620 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Thomas G. Slater, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Thomas G. Slater, Jr.)</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
</tr>
</table>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, a member
of the Committee for the administration of the Plan, thereunto duly authorized,
in the County of Chesterfield, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 24th day of
May, 2001. </FONT></P>
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<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>TREDEGAR CORPORATION</B></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</B></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<br>
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<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td width=30% align=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By:<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/Norman A. Scher&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Norman A.Scher</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Member of the Committee Responsible for the</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width=70% align=left><font face="times new roman, times, serif" size=2></font></td>
    <td width=30% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Administration of the Plan</font></td>
</tr>
</table>


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<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></FONT></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b><u>Exhibit No.</u></b></font></p>


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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Tredegar (filed as Exhibit 3.1
to Tredegar&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1989, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</table>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
Amended By-laws of Tredegar (filed herewith).</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.3</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
Articles of Amendment (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to Tredegar&#146;s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and incorporated herein by
reference). </FONT></td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Tredegar&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1989, and incorporated
herein by reference).</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</table>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, by and between Tredegar and
American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit
99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed June 16, 1999, as amended,
and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></TD>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
Consent of Poti, Walton &amp; Associates, PC (filed herewith).</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>24</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
Powers of Attorney (included on Signature Page).</font></td>
</tr>
</table>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Registrant has
submitted the Plan on June 7, 2001, and will submit any amendments thereto, to
the IRS in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the
IRS in order to qualify the Plan. </FONT></P>
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Tredegar Corporation Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Tredegar Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
VIRGINIA
54-1497771
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1100 Boulders Parkway
Richmond, Virginia 23225
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
TREDEGAR CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Norman A. Scher, Executive Vice President
Nancy M. Taylor, Vice President - Law
Tredegar Corporation
1100 Boulders Parkway
Richmond, Virginia  23225
(804) 330-1000
(Name, Address  and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With copies to:
C. Porter Vaughan, III, Esq.
Hunton & William
951 East Byrd Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities
To Be
Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock
1,500,000
$19.19(*)
$28,785,000
$7,196.25
(including the associated
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)
*Estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the Registration Fee and based on the average of the high
and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on July 23,
2001, as reported in
The Wall Street Journal
.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
Tredegar Corporation is
hereby registering 1,500,000 additional shares of its common stock (including
the related Preferred Share Purchase Rights), no par value, for issuance under
the Tredegar Corporation Retirement Savings Plan. A registration statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-64647), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 30, 1995, as amended, relating to the same class of
securities and the same employee benefit plan is currently effective and, in
accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of that
registration statement are incorporated herein by reference.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.   Plan Information.
Not
required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission").
Item 2.   Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be filed with the Commission.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents filed by Tredegar Corporation (the "Company") with
the Commission (file No. 1-10258) are incorporated herein by reference and made
a part hereof: (i) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000; (ii) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001; (iii) the Annual Report on Form 11-K
of the Savings Plan for the Employees of Tredegar Corporation for the year ended
December 31, 1999; (iv) the Company's Form 10, as amended, dated May 17,
1989, containing a description of the Company's Common Stock (the
"Common Stock"), and (v) the description of the Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights, contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with
the Commission on June 16, 1999, as amended.
All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
after the date of the Prospectus and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of the Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of the Prospectus.
Item 4.   Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.   Interestsof Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
As
permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (the "Articles")
eliminate all liability of the Company's directors and officers for
monetary damages to the Company or its shareholders except in the event of
willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or any federal or
state securities law. The Articles also require indemnification of any person
against liability incurred in connection with any proceeding to which that
person is made a party by reason of (i) his service to the Company as a director
or officer or (ii) his service as director, officer, trustee or partner to some
other enterprise at the request of the Company, except in the event of willful
misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law.
Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Tredegar (filed as Exhibit 3.1
to Tredegar's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1989, and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
Amended By-laws of Tredegar (filed herewith).
3.3
Articles of Amendment (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to Tredegar's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Tredegar's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1989, and incorporated
herein by reference).
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, by and between Tredegar and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit
99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed June 16, 1999, as amended,
and incorporated herein by reference).
23
Consent of Poti, Walton & Associates, PC (filed herewith).
24
Powers of Attorney (included on Signature Page).
The Registrant has
submitted the Tredegar Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the
"Plan") on June 7, 2001, and will submit any amendments thereto, to
the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has
made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
Item 9.   Undertakings
(a)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
1.     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement;
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change in
such information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
2.     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
3.     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering
thereof.
(c)     
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of
Chesterfield, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 24th day of May, 2001.
TREDEGAR CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Dated:  May 24, 2001
By:
/s/John D. Gottwald
John D. Gottwald
President
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Each
person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes the agents for service
named in the Registration Statement, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below and to file all
amendments, including any post-effective amendment, to the Registration
Statement and Tredegar Corporation and the Plan each hereby confers like
authority to sign and file on its behalf.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this
24th day of May, 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/John D. Gottwald
President and Director
(John D. Gottwald)
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/  Norman A. Scher
Executive Vice President and Director
(Norman A. Scher
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/  Michelle O. Mosier
Corporate Controller
(Michelle O. Mosier)
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/  Austin Brockenbrough, III
Director
(Austin Brockenbrough, III)
/s/  Phyllis Cothran
Director
(Phyllis Cothran)
/s/  R. W. Goodrum
Director
(Richard W. Goodrum)
/s/  Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr.
Director
(Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr.)
/s/  William M. Gottwald
Director
(William M. Gottwald)
/s/  Richard L. Morrill
Director
(Richard L. Morrill)
/s/  Thomas G. Slater, Jr.
Director
(Thomas G. Slater, Jr.)
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, a member
of the Committee for the administration of the Plan, thereunto duly authorized,
in the County of Chesterfield, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 24th day of
May, 2001.
TREDEGAR CORPORATION
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/Norman A. Scher
Norman A.Scher
Member of the Committee Responsible for the
Administration of the Plan
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Tredegar (filed as Exhibit 3.1
to Tredegar's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1989, and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
Amended By-laws of Tredegar (filed herewith).
3.3
Articles of Amendment (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to Tredegar's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Tredegar's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1989, and incorporated
herein by reference).
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, by and between Tredegar and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit
99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed June 16, 1999, as amended,
and incorporated herein by reference).
23
Consent of Poti, Walton & Associates, PC (filed herewith).
24
Powers of Attorney (included on Signature Page).
The Registrant has
submitted the Plan on June 7, 2001, and will submit any amendments thereto, to
the IRS in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the
IRS in order to qualify the Plan.