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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-12-041225
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120711
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120719
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120719

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lentz Robert F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001554270

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24020
		FILM NUMBER:		12969378

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1127 EMERALD DUNES DRIVE
		CITY:			SUN CITY CENTER
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33573

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000864240
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		IRS NUMBER:				611321992
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 BULLITT LN
		STREET 2:		STE 450
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40222
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5023292000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 BULLITT LN
		STREET 2:		STE 450
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40222

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GROUP TECHNOLOGIES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940314
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    <periodOfReport>2012-07-11</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000864240</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SYPR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001554270</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lentz Robert F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1127 EMERALD DUNES DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SUN CITY CENTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33573</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>D</value>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Andrea J. Luescher by Power of Attorney filed with this submission</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-07-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
 Anthony C. Allen, Andrea J. Luescher and John R. McGeeney, signing singly, the undersigned's
 true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
 and/or director of Sypris Solutions, Inc. (the "Company"), a Form ID application for
 EDGAR access numbers and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
 necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file
 such file with the United States Securities Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
 or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
 the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
 required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
 attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
 in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
 approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
 do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
 in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
 as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
 revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
 attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
 foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
 assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
 Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
 longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
 transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
 signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
 executed this 7th day of April, 2012.


								/s/Robert F. Lentz
								Signature


							Robert F. Lentz
								Print Name

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