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                                  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 5, 2004

                                TEREX CORPORATION
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


            Delaware                      1-10702                34-1531521
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  (State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission             (IRS Employer
        of Incorporation)              File Number)          Identification No.)



  500 Post Road East, Suite 320, Westport, Connecticut            06880
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        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 222-7170
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

     Terex  Corporation  ("Terex")  issued a press  release on November 5, 2004,
announcing  that it is  participating  in the Robert W. Baird Annual  Industrial
Conference at The Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago,  Illinois on Tuesday,  November
9, 2004.  The meeting will include a  presentation  by Brian Henry,  Senior Vice
President  Finance,  Business  Development  of Terex,  and Tom Gelston,  Terex's
Director of Investor  Relations.  A live  webcast of this  presentation  will be
available  at  7:45  a.m.  (CDT)  on  November  9,  2004  on  Terex's   website,
www.terex.com,  under the Investors  section. A replay of this webcast will also
be available at the same website for ninety days following the live webcast.


                                   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.


Date:  November 5, 2004


                                        TEREX CORPORATION


                                        By:  /s/ Eric I Cohen
                                             Eric I Cohen
                                             Senior Vice President







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