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

January 18, 2006

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Minnesota	0-14709	41-0901840
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

40 West Highland Park Drive N.E., Hutchinson, Minnesota	55350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(320) 587-3797

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On January 18, 2006, we issued a press release presenting our results of operations for the fiscal quarter ended December 25, 2005, which is furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99 Press Release dated January 18, 2006

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SIGNATURES

     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.

	HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
Date: January 18, 2006	/s/ John A. Ingleman
	John A. Ingleman
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

No.	Description	Manner of Filing
99	Press Release dated January 18, 2006	Filed Electronically