SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report
April 15, 2003
(Date of earliest event reported)

MARTIN INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


0-26228		63-0133054

(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)



301 East Tennessee Street
Florence, Alabama		35630

(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(256) 740-5131

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Item 5. Other Events.

On December 27, 2002, Martin Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a voluntary petition for relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Decatur, Alabama (the “Bankruptcy Court”) under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code styled In re Martin Industries, Inc., Case No. 02-85553.

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2015, the Company files monthly operating reports with the Bankruptcy Court. Pursuant to the Commission’s Staff Legal Bulletin No. 2 (April 15, 1997), the Company submitted a request to the Division of Corporation Finance to modify its periodic reporting practices under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and to file the monthly operating reports with the Commission on Form 8-K within 15 calendar days after each such report is due to the Bankruptcy Court in lieu of the periodic reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K. This request is pending. The Company’s monthly operating report for the month ended March 31, 2003 is filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

(c)

EXHIBITS.


	Exhibit 99.1 Monthly Operating Report for the month ended March 31, 2003.

SIGNATURES

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


		MARTIN INDUSTRIES, INC. (Registrant)


Date: April 29, 2003		By /s/ William Neitzke

		William Neitzke Its President and Chief Financial Officer

MARTIN INDUSTRIES INC /DE/ 8-K