As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
26, 1998

                                    Registration No.__________


__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________


               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D. C.   20549
                                
                           FORM   S-8
                                
                REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
                     SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                
                                
                STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    (Exact name of issuer as specified in its Certificate of
                         Incorporation)


         Delaware                      31-0596149
(State of Incorporation)       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


6 MANOR PARKWAY, SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE               03079
(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)


                STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                  EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                      (Full Title of Plan)
                                
                                
                        Deborah A. Rosen
              c/o Standex International Corporation
                         6 Manor Parkway
                  Salem, New Hampshire   03079
             (Name and Address of agent for service)
                                
                          603-893-9701
  (Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)


                 Calculation of Registration Fee
                                
                                
_____________________________________________________________________
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                
                           Proposed     Proposed
Title of                   Maximum      Maximum
Securities                 Offering     Aggregate   Amount of
to be        Amount to be  Price Per    Offering    Registration
Registered   Registered (1)             Share       Price (2)
Fee

<S>          <C>           <C>          <C>            <C>
Common Stock 400,000       $ 29.438     $ 11,775,200   $ 3,568
par value
$1.50
per share
</TABLE>
______________________________________________________________________

NOTES:   1.  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities
         Act") this registration statement also covers an
         indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
         pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

         2.  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
         registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
         under the Securities Act upon the basis of the average
         of the high and low sale price of the Company's Common
         Stock, par value $1.50 per share (the "Common Stock")
         as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January
         22, 1998.


                             PART I
      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     The document or documents containing information specified
in Part 1 are not required to be filed by Standex International
Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Form S-8
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement").  Such
documents are located at the corporate office of the Company, 6
Manor Parkway, Salem, New Hampshire 03079 (1-603-893-9701).
                                
                            PART II.

         INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                
ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents previously filed with the Commission
are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

     (1)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended
June 30, 1997, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act, that contains audited financial statements for
the Company's latest fiscal year for which such statements have
been filed.
     (2)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the document referred to in (1) above.
     (3)  The description of the Common Stock contained in the
Registration of Securities on Form 8-B dated June 12, 1975,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c) 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which de-registers all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference and shall be deemed a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be decreed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

               ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                           Not Applicable.

        ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
                                
Legal Opinion.

     The legality of the shares of the Common Stock reserved for
issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan will be passed
upon for the Company by Deborah A. Rosen, General Counsel of the
Company.  At January 23, 1998, Ms. Rosen owned 2,298 shares of
Common Stock (excluding approximately 1,563 shares in her account
at September 30, 1997 under the Company's Employees' Stock
Ownership Plan).

      ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
                                
     Under the Seventh Article of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, each person who is or was a
director or officer of the Company will be indemnified by the
Company to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.  Section 145(a) of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware permits a corporation to
indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding arising out of his or her status as director,
officer, employee or agent if such person acted in good faith and
in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  Section 145(b) provides
that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any
director, officer, employee or agent against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation unless and to
the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such
person is entitled to indemnity for such expenses.  To the extent
that a present or former director or officer has been successful
in defense of any action or claim, Section 145(c) provides that
he or she shall be indemnified against expenses incurred by him
or her in connection therewith.  Under Section 145(g), a
corporation also has the power to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent against any
liability arising out of his or her status as such, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her
against such liability.

     The Company maintains, on behalf of its directors and
officers, insurance protection in the amount of $20,000,000
against certain liabilities arising out of the discharge of their
duties.

         ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
                                
                           Not Applicable.

                       ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.

     The following exhibits are filed (except where otherwise
indicated) as part of this Registration Statement.

       4.1  Standex International Corporation Employee Stock Purchase
            Plan.
       
       4.2  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Standex, dated
            October 16, 1986, is incorporated by reference to the exhibits to
            the Quarterly Report of Standex on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
            quarter ended December 31, 1986.
       
       4.3  By-Laws of Standex, as amended, and restated on July 27,
            1994 are incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Annual
            Report of Standex on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
            1994.
       
       5.   Opinion of Deborah A. Rosen as to the legality of the Common
            Stock.
       
      23.1  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Public
            Accountants.
       
      23.2  The Consent of Counsel is included in her opinion filed
            as Exhibit 5 hereto.
       
       24.  Powers of Attorney from John Bolten, Jr., William L. Brown,
            David R. Crichton, Samuel S. Dennis 3d, William R. Fenoglio,
            Walter F. Greeley, Daniel B. Hogan, C. Kevin Landry, H. Nicholas
            Muller, III, Sol Sackel and Lindsay M. Sedwick.

                     ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

1.   The Company hereby undertakes:

     (A)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
       (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
            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; and
     (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
            plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
            Statement or any material change to such information in the
            Registration Statement;

provided, however, that sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
     (B)  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.
     (C)  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.

     2.   The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 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 in the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     3.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person or the Company 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 Company 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 Town of Salem, County of Rockingham and the State of New
Hampshire, on the 26th day of January, 1998.

                           STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION


                           By: /s/ Edward J. Trainor
                               Edward J. Trainor, President/CEO

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Date                 Signature                 Title

January 26, 1998    /s/Edward J. Trainor    President/CEO


January 26, 1998   /s/Lindsay M. Sedwick    Senior Vice President/CFO


    Edward J. Trainor has signed below on January 26, 1998 as
attorney-in-fact for the following Directors of the Registrant:

    John Bolten, Jr.                      Daniel B. Hogan
    William L. Brown                      C. Kevin Landry
    David R. Crichton                     H. Nicholas Muller, III
    Samuel S. Dennis 3d                   Sol Sackel
    William R. Fenoglio                   Lindsay M. Sedwick
    Walter F. Greeley


                              /s/  Edward J. Trainor
                              Edward J. Trainor
                                
                                
                          EXHIBIT INDEX
 
                                                              SEQUENTIAL
EXHIBIT                                                         PAGE NO.

4.1  Standex International Corporation Employee
          Stock Purchase Plan.

4.2  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Standex, dated
       October 16, 1986, is incorporated by reference to the
       exhibits to the Quarterly Report of Standex on Form 10-Q
       for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 1986.

4.3  By-Laws of Standex, as amended, and restated on July 27,
       1994 are incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the
       Annual Report of Standex on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
       ended June 30, 1994 (the "1994 10-K").

5.   Legal Opinion.

23.1   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Public
       Accountants.

23.2   Consent of Deborah A. Rosen, as counsel to the Company.

24.    Powers of Attorney from:   John Bolten, Jr., William L. Brown,
       David R. Crichton, Samuel S. Dennis, 3d, William R. Fenoglio,
       Walter F. Greeley, Daniel B. Hogan, C. Kevin Landry,
       H. Nicholas Muller, III, Sol Sackel and Lindsay M. Sedwick
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
26, 1998

                                    Registration No.__________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D. C.   20549
                                
                           FORM   S-8
                                
                REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
                     SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                
                                
                STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    (Exact name of issuer as specified in its Certificate of
                         Incorporation)

         Delaware                      31-0596149
(State of Incorporation)       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6 MANOR PARKWAY, SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE               03079
(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

                STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                  EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                      (Full Title of Plan)
                                
                                
                        Deborah A. Rosen
              c/o Standex International Corporation
                         6 Manor Parkway
                  Salem, New Hampshire   03079
             (Name and Address of agent for service)
                                
                          603-893-9701
  (Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)

                 Calculation of Registration Fee
                                
                                
_____________________________________________________________________
Proposed     Proposed
Title of                   Maximum      Maximum
Securities                 Offering     Aggregate   Amount of
to be        Amount to be  Price Per    Offering    Registration
Registered   Registered (1)             Share       Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock 400,000       $ 29.438     $ 11,775,200   $ 3,568
par value
$1.50
per share
______________________________________________________________________

NOTES:   1.  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities
         Act") this registration statement also covers an
         indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
         pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

         2.  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
         registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
         under the Securities Act upon the basis of the average
         of the high and low sale price of the Company's Common
         Stock, par value $1.50 per share (the "Common Stock")
         as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January
         22, 1998.

                             PART I
      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     The document or documents containing information specified
in Part 1 are not required to be filed by Standex International
Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Form S-8
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement").  Such
documents are located at the corporate office of the Company, 6
Manor Parkway, Salem, New Hampshire 03079 (1-603-893-9701).
                                
                            PART II.

         INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                
ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents previously filed with the Commission
are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

     (1)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended
June 30, 1997, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act, that contains audited financial statements for
the Company's latest fiscal year for which such statements have
been filed.
     (2)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the document referred to in (1) above.
     (3)  The description of the Common Stock contained in the
Registration of Securities on Form 8-B dated June 12, 1975,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c) 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which de-registers all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference and shall be deemed a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be decreed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

               ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                           Not Applicable.

        ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
                                
Legal Opinion.

     The legality of the shares of the Common Stock reserved for
issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan will be passed
upon for the Company by Deborah A. Rosen, General Counsel of the
Company.  At January 23, 1998, Ms. Rosen owned 2,298 shares of
Common Stock (excluding approximately 1,563 shares in her account
at September 30, 1997 under the Company's Employees' Stock
Ownership Plan).

      ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
                                
     Under the Seventh Article of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, each person who is or was a
director or officer of the Company will be indemnified by the
Company to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.  Section 145(a) of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware permits a corporation to
indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding arising out of his or her status as director,
officer, employee or agent if such person acted in good faith and
in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  Section 145(b) provides
that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any
director, officer, employee or agent against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation unless and to
the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such
person is entitled to indemnity for such expenses.  To the extent
that a present or former director or officer has been successful
in defense of any action or claim, Section 145(c) provides that
he or she shall be indemnified against expenses incurred by him
or her in connection therewith.  Under Section 145(g), a
corporation also has the power to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent against any
liability arising out of his or her status as such, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her
against such liability.

     The Company maintains, on behalf of its directors and
officers, insurance protection in the amount of $20,000,000
against certain liabilities arising out of the discharge of their
duties.

         ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
                                
                           Not Applicable.

                       ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.

     The following exhibits are filed (except where otherwise
indicated) as part of this Registration Statement.

       4.1  Standex International Corporation Employee Stock Purchase
            Plan.
       
       4.2  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Standex, dated
            October 16, 1986, is incorporated by reference to the exhibits to
            the Quarterly Report of Standex on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
            quarter ended December 31, 1986.
       
       4.3  By-Laws of Standex, as amended, and restated on July 27,
            1994 are incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Annual
            Report of Standex on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
            1994.
       
       5.   Opinion of Deborah A. Rosen as to the legality of the Common
            Stock.
       
      23.1  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Public
            Accountants.
       
      23.2  The Consent of Counsel is included in her opinion filed
            as Exhibit 5 hereto.
       
       24.  Powers of Attorney from John Bolten, Jr., William L. Brown,
            David R. Crichton, Samuel S. Dennis 3d, William R. Fenoglio,
            Walter F. Greeley, Daniel B. Hogan, C. Kevin Landry, H. Nicholas
            Muller, III, Sol Sackel and Lindsay M. Sedwick.

                     ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

1.   The Company hereby undertakes:

     (A)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
       (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
            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; and
     (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
            plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
            Statement or any material change to such information in the
            Registration Statement;

provided, however, that sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
     (B)  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.
     (C)  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.

     2.   The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 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 in the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     3.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person or the Company 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 Company 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 Town of Salem, County of Rockingham and the State of New
Hampshire, on the 26th day of January, 1998.

                           STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

                           By: /s/ Edward J. Trainor
                               Edward J. Trainor, President/CEO

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Date                 Signature                 Title

January 26, 1998    /s/Edward J. Trainor    President/CEO

January 26, 1998   /s/Lindsay M. Sedwick    Senior Vice President/CFO

    Edward J. Trainor has signed below on January 26, 1998 as
attorney-in-fact for the following Directors of the Registrant:

    John Bolten, Jr.                      Daniel B. Hogan
    William L. Brown                      C. Kevin Landry
    David R. Crichton                     H. Nicholas Muller, III
    Samuel S. Dennis 3d                   Sol Sackel
    William R. Fenoglio                   Lindsay M. Sedwick
    Walter F. Greeley

                              /s/  Edward J. Trainor
                              Edward J. Trainor
                                
                                
                          EXHIBIT INDEX
 
                                                              SEQUENTIAL
EXHIBIT                                                         PAGE NO.

4.1  Standex International Corporation Employee
          Stock Purchase Plan.

4.2  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Standex, dated
       October 16, 1986, is incorporated by reference to the
       exhibits to the Quarterly Report of Standex on Form 10-Q
       for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 1986.

4.3  By-Laws of Standex, as amended, and restated on July 27,
       1994 are incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the
       Annual Report of Standex on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
       ended June 30, 1994 (the "1994 10-K").

5.   Legal Opinion.

23.1   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Public
       Accountants.

23.2   Consent of Deborah A. Rosen, as counsel to the Company.

24.    Powers of Attorney from:   John Bolten, Jr., William L. Brown,
       David R. Crichton, Samuel S. Dennis, 3d, William R. Fenoglio,
       Walter F. Greeley, Daniel B. Hogan, C. Kevin Landry,
       H. Nicholas Muller, III, Sol Sackel and Lindsay M. Sedwick