8-K

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

                                    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): November 17, 2005

                                BRADY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                         Commission File Number 1-14959

        Wisconsin                                          39-0971239
 (State of Incorporation)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)


                            6555 West Good Hope Road
                           Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)


                                 (414) 358-6600
                         (Registrant's Telephone Number)



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Item 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

On November 17, 2005, Brady Corporation issued a press release announcing that
Philip M. Gresh, Jr. has been elected to its Board of Directors. There was no
arrangement or understanding pursuant to which Mr. Gresh was elected as a
director, and there are no related party transactions between the Company and
Mr. Gresh. Mr. Gresh will serve as a member of the Company's Technology
Committee. A copy of the press release is being furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission as Exhibit 99.1 attached herewith and incorporated by
reference.









The following is furnished as an Exhibit to this Report.

Exhibit No.                Description of Exhibit

99.1                       Press Release of Brady Corporation, dated
                           November 17, 2005.



                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                             BRADY CORPORATION

Date: November 21, 2005                      /s/ David Mathieson
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                                             David Mathieson
                                             Vice President &
                                             Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                 DESCRIPTION
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99.1                   Press Release of Brady Corporation dated
                       November 17, 2005.

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                                  EXHIBIT 99.1

For More Information Contact:
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Carole Herbstreit (414) 438-6882

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BRADY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF PHILIP M. GRESH, JR. TO ITS BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.
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MILWAUKEE (November 17, 2005)-- Philip M. Gresh, Jr. was elected to the Brady
Corporation (NYSE:BRC) Board of Directors at the company's Annual Shareholders'
Meeting today. Gresh, 57, has been executive vice president-consumer packaging
products and decorating businesses for Illinois Tool Works, Inc. since 2000.
Prior to his current position, he served as president of the company's Hi-Cone
Worldwide division and general manager of Hi-Cone USA. From 1987 to 1989 he was
president of Heuft USA. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Gresh also
serves on the board of the Center for Marine Conservation and on the finance
committee for Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill.

         "We are very pleased to welcome Phil Gresh to our board," said Robert
Buchanan, chair of Brady's corporate governance committee. "He is a very well
rounded business person with global experience from a highly reputable, well run
company known for its superior business processes."

         "It is an exciting time to be involved with Brady, and I appreciate the
opportunity to be a part of this solid, growth-oriented company with great
management and an excellent future," said Gresh.

         Gresh joins Richard Bemis, president and CEO of Bemis Manufacturing;
Robert Buchanan, non-executive chairman of Fox Valley Corporation; Mary Bush,
president of Bush International, Inc.; Frank Harris, distinguished professor and
director of the Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science and Biomedical
Engineering at the University of Akron; consultant Frank Jarc; Peter
Lettenberger, retired partner of the law firm Quarles & Brady; Gary Nei,
chairman of Nei-Turner Media; Roger Pierce, consultant; Elizabeth Pungello,
Developmental Psychologist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development
Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Brady
President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Jaehnert; who were all re-elected to
the Brady Board of Directors today.

         Brady is an international manufacturer and marketer of identification
and materials solutions, with products including labels, signs, precision
die-cut materials, printing systems, software, and label-application and
data-collection systems for electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing,
electrical, and a variety of other markets. Founded in 1914, Brady is
headquartered in Milwaukee and employs about 4,700 people in operations in the
United States, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Canada. The company had
sales of $816 million in fiscal 2005. Brady stock trades on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol BRC. More information is available on the Internet at
www.bradycorp.com, which includes an interactive version of the 2005 Annual
Report to Shareholders.
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