10-K/A

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

                                   FORM 10-K/A
 FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSACTION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended    September 30, 1998

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

For the transition period from _______________ to _________________

                         Commission File Number 33-11479

                           SYNTHETIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                     58-1049400
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(State or other jurisdiction                       (I.R.S.Employer
 of incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)


         309 LaFayette Road, Chickamauga, Georgia              30707
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            (Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)


                                 (706) 375-3121
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Act:

                         Name of each exchange on which
                           Title of class registered
                                      None

Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Act:

                          Common Stock, $1.00 par value
                                (Title of Class)

     Indicate  by check  mark  whether  Registrant  (1) has  filed  all  reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
Registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.


     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained,  to the
best  of  the  Registrant's   knowledge,  in  definitive  proxy  or  information
statements  incorporated  by  reference  in Part  III of this  Form  10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

     The number of shares of the  Registrant's  Common Stock  outstanding  as of
August 16, 1999 was 8,645,231 shares.






ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES,
                 AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

1           23.   Independent auditors consent.


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1        Filed herewith.




                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SYNTHETIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

By:  /s/ Leonard Chill
            Leonard Chill
       Chairman


Dated:  August 16, 1999

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
this report has been signed below by the following  persons on the behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Leonard Chill
           Leonard Chill         Chairman and Director
Dated: August 16, 1999

By: /s/ Joseph F. Dana
          Joseph F. Dana         Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and
Dated: August 16, 1999           Director

By:/s/ Joseph Sinicropi
         Joseph Sinicropi        Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: August 16, 1999           (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)




By: /s/ Lee J. Seidler
     Lee J. Seidler                                       Director
Dated: August 16, 1999


By:/s/ William J. Shortt
     William J. Shortt                                    Director
Dated: August 16, 1999


By:/s/ Robert L. Voigt
     Robert L. Voigt                                      Director
Dated: August 16, 1999

EX-23

Independent Auditors' Consent

We consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in  Registration  Statement  No.
333-41925 and Registration Statement No. 333-49189 of Synthetic Industries, Inc.
on Form S-8 of our report  dated  November  20,  1998,  appearing in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Synthetic  Industries,  Inc. for the year ended September
30, 1998.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York

August 5, 1999