SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 10, 2003
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                           STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    Wisconsin
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                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

                    0-25150                       39-1804239
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            (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer I.D. Number)


            3333 West Good Hope Road
                Milwaukee,  WI                           53209
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)

                                 (414) 247-3333
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              (Registrant's telephone number; including area code)



Item  7.  Financial  Statements,  Pro  Forma  Financial Information and Exhibits
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     (c)     Exhibits

          99.1--Press Release of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION, issued April 10,
               2003.


Item  9.  Regulation  FD  Disclosure  and  Item  12.  Results  of Operations and
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Financial  Condition
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     On  April  10,  2003,  STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION issued a press release
(the  "Press  Release")  announcing  results  for the fiscal third quarter ended
March 30, 2003.  A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
report.  The  attached  Exhibit 99.1 is furnished pursuant to Item 9 and Item 12
of  Form  8-K.


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                                    SIGNATURE

     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  thereunto  duly  authorized.

                                            STRATTEC  SECURITY  CORPORATION
Date:  April  10,  2003
                                            BY    /s/ Patrick J. Hansen
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                                               Patrick J. Hansen, Vice President
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer

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