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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>03/31/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
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        <issuerName>UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
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          <issuerCusipNumber>902673102</issuerCusipNumber>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>100 HALE STREET</com:street1>
          <com:city>NEWBURYPORT</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MA</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>01950</com:zipCode>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO</reportingPersonName>
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      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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        <issuerName>UFP TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>100 HALE STREET, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 01950.</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>Congress Asset Management Company LLP</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>2 Seaport Lane,
5th Floor,
Boston, MA 02210</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Congress Asset Management Company LLP - Delaware</citizenship>
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      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
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      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>See the response to Item 9 on the attached cover page.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>See the response to Item 11 on the attached cover page.</classPercent>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>See the response to Item 5 on the attached cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>See the response to Item 7 on the attached cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>0</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>N</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under &amp;#167; 240.14a-11.

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      <reportingPersonName>CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Athena Konstantinidis</signature>
        <title>Compliance Associate</title>
        <date>04/23/2026</date>
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