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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-15-085197
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151216
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151216

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000914156
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PLASTICS FOAM PRODUCTS [3086]
		IRS NUMBER:				042314970
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12648
		FILM NUMBER:		151291176

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		172 EAST MAIN ST
		CITY:			GEORGETOWN
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01833
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5083522200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		172 EAST MAIN ST
		CITY:			GEORGETOWN
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02135
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;16, 2015, the board of directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of UFP Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) appointed Dan Croteau to the Board and as a member of both the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee of the Board, all effective as of December&nbsp;16, 2015.&#160; In connection with Mr.&nbsp;Croteau&#146;s appointment, the Company increased the size of its Board from seven to eight members.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Croteau will serve as a Class&nbsp;III director.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Croteau is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Vention Medical,&nbsp;a company providing component manufacturing, assembly, and design services for disposable medical devices, with 13 facilities across the US, Central America,&nbsp;Ireland, and Israel.&#160; Previously, Mr.&nbsp;Croteau was President of FlexMedical, the medical division of Flextronics, which provides manufacturing&nbsp;and supply chain services for disposable medical devices, diagnostic instrumentation, and drug delivery devices. &#160;He was also Executive Vice President and General Manager of Orthopedics for Accellent (renamed Lake Region Medical in 2014), a manufacturer of specialty components&nbsp;and finished medical devices used in orthopedic, cardiology, and surgical devices, and an executive at MedSource Technologies, which was merged in June&nbsp;2004 with UTI Corporation to form Accellent.&nbsp;As a Senior Vice President at MedSource Technologies, Mr.&nbsp;Croteau was responsible for sales, marketing, strategy, and acquisitions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a non-employee director, Mr.&nbsp;Croteau will receive the same compensation and indemnification for Board services as the Company&#146;s other non-employee directors as described in the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;29, 2015.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company issued a press release on December&nbsp;16, 2015 announcing the appointment of Mr.&nbsp;Croteau.&#160; A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">172 East Main   Street</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Georgetown, MA 01833 &#151;   USA</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Contact: Ron Lataille</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;16, 2015</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UFP Technologies Appoints Dan Croteau to its Board</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Georgetown, Mass., December&nbsp;16, 2015.&#160; </font>UFP Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPT), a manufacturer of packaging and component products, </font>announced today it has expanded its Board of Directors to eight members with the appointment of Dan Croteau.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Croteau is currently the CEO of Vention Medical,&nbsp;a company providing component manufacturing, assembly, and design services for disposable medical devices, with 13 facilities across the US, Central America,&nbsp;Ireland, and Israel.&#160; Previously, Dan was President of FlexMedical, the medical division of Flextronics, which provides manufacturing&nbsp;and supply chain services for disposable medical devices, diagnostic instrumentation, and drug delivery devices.&nbsp; He was also Executive Vice President and General Manager of Orthopedics for Accellent (renamed Lake Region Medical in 2014), a manufacturer of specialty components&nbsp;and finished medical devices used in orthopedic, cardiology, and surgical devices, and an executive at MedSource Technologies, which was merged in June&nbsp;2004 with UTI Corporation to form Accellent.&nbsp;As a Senior Vice President at MedSource Technologies, Dan was responsible for sales, marketing, strategy, and acquisitions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;We are very pleased to have Dan join our Board of Directors,&#148; said R.&nbsp;Jeffrey Bailly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.&#160; &#147;His deep wealth of knowledge and expertise in the medical device industry will be extremely valuable as we strive to continue to grow in this important strategic market.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Dan is an accomplished, growth-oriented, strategic-minded executive who has successfully planned and executed the growth strategies of numerous medical device companies,&#148; Bailly continued. &#147;I am confident he will be a valuable resource to our Board and our entire executive team, and I look forward to working with him.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">UFP Technologies is an innovative designer and custom converter of foams, plastics, and natural fiber materials, principally serving the medical, automotive, consumer, electronics, industrial, and aerospace and defense markets. The UFP team acts as an extension of its customers&#146; in-house research, engineering, and manufacturing groups, working closely with them to solve their most complex product and packaging challenges.</font></p>
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