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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-10-039406
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100428

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000090168
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT ENGINES & ENGINE PARTS [3724]
		IRS NUMBER:				340553950
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		970 E 64TH ST
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2168818600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		970 EAST 64TH STREET
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STEEL IMPROVEMENT & FORGE CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19690520
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<TD align="left" valign="top"><B>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR><DIV style="font-size: 2pt">&nbsp;<BR></DIV>INDUSTRIES, INC.</B>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Cleveland, Ohio 44103-1694</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Phone: (216)&nbsp;881-8600</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">April&nbsp;26, 2010
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mr.&nbsp;Lyn Shenk<BR>
Branch Chief<BR>
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporate Finance<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549-7010

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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>SIFCO Industries, Inc.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Form&nbsp;10-K: For the Fiscal Year Ended September&nbsp;30, 2009</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Shenk:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This letter is written in response to the Staff&#146;s letter to SIFCO Industries, Inc. (&#147;SIFCO&#148; or
&#147;Company&#148;) dated April&nbsp;5, 2010. In response to the Staff&#146;s comments, SIFCO provides the following:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;7. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations</U>:
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment #1 &#151; Results of Operations, page 9</B></U> &#151; Relative to changes
in net sales, SIFCO genuinely endeavors to perform the analysis of the underlying
business reasons for changes to which you refer and to provide such disclosure to the
extent it is known and/or reasonably determinable (i.e. available, specific and reliable
(vs. anecdotal)). General economic as well as general industry information is available;
however, more specific and reliable (vs. anecdotal) information is limited. SIFCO will
review its analysis of the disclosures provided relative to the Staff&#146;s Comment #1 and
provide in future filings the suggested enhanced disclosures to the extent practicable.</TD>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment # 2 &#151; Results of Operations, page 9</B></U> &#151; Relative to changes
in cost of goods sold, SIFCO will review its analysis of the disclosures provided
relative to the Staff&#146;s Comment #2 and provide in future filings the suggested enhanced
disclosures to the extent practicable.</TD>
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    <TD><U><B>Note</B></U> &#151; Reference Attachment A for samples of requested proposed revised
tabular disclosures that will be included in future filings in addition to the
explanations included in previous filings. To the extent practicable, SIFCO will provide
in future filings the same suggested enhanced disclosures related to all accounts that
have significant changes.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data</U>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment #3 &#151; Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, F.
Property Plan and Equipment, page 24</B></U><B> - </B>SIFCO utilized the term &#147;permanently impaired&#148;
in the context of the guidance of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.&nbsp;144
(&#147;SFAS 144&#148;), &#147;Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets&#148; &#150; i.e. the
long-lived asset&#146;s carrying value in excess of fair value has no reasonable chance of
recoverability and is considered to be permanently written down to its realizable value
(or to zero if deemed appropriate). SIFCO has not determined any of its assets to be
temporarily impaired. For better clarity, SIFCO will discontinue use of the term
&#147;permanently&#148; in future filings.</TD>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment #4 &#150; Note 7. Retirement Benefit Plans, page 30</B></U> &#150; The
reason that the service cost and interest cost amounts for 2009 (only)&nbsp;do not agree is
because the 2009 net pension expense amounts do not include the impact (recorded as of
October&nbsp;1, 2008) of the change in measurement date from July 1 to September&nbsp;30, while the
benefit obligation roll-forward included such impact (in order to properly roll-forward
from the prior year end balance). In accordance with the guidance of SFAS 158, SIFCO
utilized the second approach to transition its measurement date to its fiscal year end.
Below is a comparison of the 2009 net pension expense with and without the impact of the
change in measurement date:</TD>
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    <TD align="right">40</TD>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment # 5 &#150; Note 9. Asset Divestiture, page 35</B></U> &#150; SIFCO did
perform an impairment analysis of the Cork, Ireland facility as of September&nbsp;30, 2009 (in
accordance with the guidance of SFAS 144) and such analysis determined that the fair
value of that particular long-lived asset was clearly in excess of its carrying value as
of that date. Fair value was based on a combination of a recent market appraisal as well
as the expected future cash flows from a long-term lease that is in place for such
facility.</TD>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment # 6 &#151; Schedule&nbsp;II, page 39 (Asset Impairment Reserve)</B></U><B> &#150;</B>
The $933K reserve represents the Company&#146;s aggregate reserve related to various assets
that have been determined to be impaired (in accordance with the guidance of SFAS 144)
and that are still on hand as of September&nbsp;30, 2009. $757K of this amount relates to the
impairment of a piece of equipment at the Aerospace Component Manufacturing Group in
fiscal 2008. The remaining $176K consists of additional, smaller machinery and equipment
items. A deduction to the reserve occurs when an asset, for which an impairment reserve
has been established, is sold or otherwise disposed &#150; i.e. only that portion of the
reserve that was specifically established for the particular asset that was sold or
otherwise disposed is deducted. The reserve is carried on the books to facilitate
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment # 7 &#151; Exhibit&nbsp;32</B></U> &#150; SIFCO will provide separate exhibits
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Schedule&nbsp;14A &#151; Role of the Compensation Committee, page 10</U>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment # 8 &#151; &#147;qualified independent professionals&#148;</B></U> &#150; SIFCO will
provide in its future filings the source and identification of the executive compensation
studies it utilized.</TD>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment # 9 &#151; &#147;compensation surveys&#148;</B></U> &#150; SIFCO will provide in its
future filings the source and identification of the compensation surveys that it
utilized. However, the surveys that SIFCO has utilized do not necessarily
identify/disclose the specific names of the similarly situated companies included in the
survey, but instead identify the companies more generically by industry and/or geographic
location and, therefore, such names are not available to SIFCO for disclosure in its
proxy.</TD>
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    <TD><U><B>Response to Comment # 10 &#151; &#147;annual performance targets</B></U><B>&#148; </B>&#150; SIFCO will provide
in its future filings more clarity related to specific annual performance targets upon
which executive compensation is based.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">At the Staff&#146;s request, SIFCO makes the following statements acknowledging its understanding that:
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    <TD>Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose
the Commission from taking any actions with respect to the filing; and</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SIFCO will be pleased to discuss these matters further with you, and to provide additional
information in response to specific questions that may arise upon the Staff&#146;s review of this
response. If you have any questions regarding this response, please feel free to contact me
directly at (216)&nbsp;432-6278 at your convenience.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Sincerely,
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Vice President &#151; Finance and <BR>
Chief Financial Officer</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Attachment A</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;7. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>A. Results of Operations</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. Fiscal Year 2009 Compared with Fiscal Year 2008</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>Aerospace Component Manufacturing Group (&#147;ACM Group&#148;)</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>(Regarding proposed net sales discussion)</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Net sales in fiscal 2009 decreased 4.6% to $68.6&nbsp;million, compared with $72.0&nbsp;million in fiscal
2008. For purposes of the following discussion, The ACM Group considers aircraft that can
accommodate less than 100 passengers to be small aircraft and those that can accommodate 100 or
more passengers to be large aircraft. Net sales information for fiscal 2009 and 2008 is as
follows:
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>2009</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Increase (Decrease)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Airframe components for small aircraft</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><b>$</b></TD>
    <TD align="right">38.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">38.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Turbine engine components for small aircraft</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19.9</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Airframe components for large aircraft</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4.6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(3.0</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Turbine engine components for large aircraft</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(0.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Commercial product sales and other revenue</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(1.0</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><b>$</b></TD>
    <TD align="right">68.6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">72.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The increase in net sales of turbine engine components for small aircraft, which consist primarily
of business and regional jets, as well as military transport and surveillance aircraft, is
principally attributable to net sales volume increases of such components to customers. The
declines in net sales of airframe components and turbine engine components for large aircraft are
primarily due to net sales volume decreases of such components to customers. Such declines were
caused by the overall weak global economic conditions that resulted in reductions in the build
rates of larger commercial aircraft. The decline in commercial product net sales is due to sales
volume decline caused by the overall weak global economic conditions.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>(Regarding proposed operating income / manufacturing cost discussion)</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The ACM Group&#146;s operating income in fiscal 2009 was $13.4&nbsp;million, compared with $9.9&nbsp;million in
fiscal 2008. The raw material component of manufacturing costs represented approximately 40.0% of
net sales in both fiscal years 2009 and 2008. In addition, operating results in fiscal 2009
compared to 2008 were impacted principally by the following changes in certain other components of
the ACM Group&#146;s operating cost structure:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Labor and benefits</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left"><b>$</b></TD>
    <TD align="right">9.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">8.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">11.9</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12.9</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(1.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The increase in labor and benefits expense was due to higher average levels of employment. Overhead
cost benefited from a $0.8&nbsp;million decline in natural gas costs due primarily to the ACM Group&#146;s
efforts to reduce its natural gas consumption.
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