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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


                                       Commission File Number  0-23400
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                              DT INDUSTRIES, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                             907 WEST FIFTH STREET
                       DAYTON, OHIO 45407, (937)586-5600
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                  registrant's principal executive offices)

                    COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
   SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMON STOCK
      7.16% CONVERTIBLE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURES
                        PROFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES
       (RELATED TO CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES OF DT CAPITAL TRUST)
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           (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      NONE
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 (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                    under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)



Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

        Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)    [X]          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)       [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)   [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)      [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)    [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)       [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)   [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)      [ ]
                                            Rule 15d-6                [X]



Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

                                 Fewer than 300
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Name of
registrant as specified in charter) has caused this certification/notice to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

                              DT INDUSTRIES, INC.


Date:    July 12, 2004                  By:  /s/ JOHN M. CASPER
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                                             Name: John M. Casper
                                             Title: Senior Vice President,
                                                    Finance and Chief Financial
                                                    Officer



Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The
registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which
shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by
counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the
person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.





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