As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2005
                                                      Registration No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   EMTEC, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

         DELAWARE                                         87-0273300
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                               572 WHITEHEAD ROAD
                            TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08610
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                       EMTEC, INC. 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                 JOHN P. HOWLETT
                      CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   EMTEC, INC.
                               572 WHITEHEAD ROAD
                            TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08610
                                 (609) 528-8500
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



                                                                                           

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         TITLE OF EACH                                       PROPOSED                PROPOSED
      CLASS OF SECURITIES             AMOUNT TO          MAXIMUM OFFERING        MAXIMUM AGGREGATE           AMOUNT OF
     TO BE REGISTERED (1)           BE REGISTERED      PRICE PER SHARE (4)        OFFERING PRICE         REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, par value
   $0.01 per share...........    152,406 shares (2)            $1.03             $   156,978.18              $  18.48
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Common Stock, par value
   $0.01 per share...........     39,712 shares (2)            $1.00            $     39,712.00             $    4.67
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Common Stock, par value
   $0.01 per share...........     30,000 shares (2)            $0.55            $     16,500.00             $    1.94
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Common Stock, par value
   $0.01 per share...........    136,000 shares (2)            $0.29            $     39,440.00             $    4.64
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Common Stock, par value
   $0.01 per share...........     30,000 shares (2)            $0.44            $     13,200.00             $    1.55
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Common Stock, par value
   $0.01 per share...........     60,000 shares (2)            $0.86            $     51,600.00             $    6.07
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Common Stock, par value
   $0.01 per share...........    551,882 shares (3)            $2.735             $1,509,397.27               $177.66
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Total.....................................................................................................    $215.01
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(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  this
     registration  statement also covers any additional  securities  that may be
     offered or issued in  connection  with any stock split,  stock  dividend or
     similar transaction.
(2)  Represents  shares  underlying  options granted under the 1996 Stock Option
     Plan.
(3)  Represents  shares  underlying  options  available for grant under the 1996
     Stock Option Plan.
(4)  Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.




                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The following  documents filed by Emtec, Inc. (the  "Registrant")  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  (File No. 0-32789) are
hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement:

     o    The  Registrant's  annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March
          31, 2004;

     o    The  Registrant's  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q for the three months
          ended June 30, 2004;

     o    The  Registrant's  quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three and six
          months ended September 30, 2004;

     o    The  Registrant's  current  report on Form 8-K dated December 10, 2004
          and filed with the Commission on December 14, 2004;

     o    Item 12 in Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's  registration statement
          on Form 10 containing a description of the Registrant's  common stock,
          par value  $0.01 per  share,  filed with the  Commission  on August 8,
          2001.

     All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (the  "Exchange  Act") on or
after  the date of this  Registration  Statement  and  prior to the  filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities registered hereby have been sold or which deregisters such securities
then remaining  unsold shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference in this
Registration  Statement  and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents, except for information furnished to the Commission that is not deemed
to be  "filed"  for  purposes  of the  Exchange  Act  (such  documents,  and the
documents  listed  above,   being  hereinafter   referred  to  as  "Incorporated
Documents"). Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration  Statement to the
extent  that a statement  contained  herein or in any other  subsequently  filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement
so  modified  or  superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except as so  modified  or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

        Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

        Not applicable.



ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The Registrant's  certificate of incorporation  provides that its directors
shall not be personally  liable to it or its  stockholders  for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty a director, except for liability (i) for any breach
of the director's  duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its  stockholders,  (ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional  misconduct
or a knowing  violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware  General
Corporation  Law,  relating to unlawful  payment of dividends or unlawful  stock
purchases  or  redemption  of stock or (iv) for any  transaction  from which the
director derives an improper  personal  benefit.  As a result of this provision,
the Registrant and its  stockholders  may be unable to obtain  monetary  damages
from a director for breach of his or her duty of care.

     The Registrant's  certificate of  incorporation  and bylaws provide for the
indemnification  of its directors and officers and, to the extent  authorized by
the board in its sole and  absolute  discretion,  employees  and agents,  to the
fullest  extent  authorized  by, and subject to the  conditions set forth in the
Delaware  general  corporation  law, except that the Registrant will indemnify a
director or officer in connection with a proceeding initiated by such personally
if the proceeding was authorized by the Registrant's  board. The indemnification
provided under the Registrant's certificate of incorporation and bylaws includes
the right to be paid the expenses,  including attorneys' fees, in advance of any
proceeding for which  indemnification  may be had,  provided that the payment of
such expenses incurred by a director,  officer,  employee or agent in advance of
the final  disposition  of a  proceeding  may be made only upon  delivery to the
Registrant of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,  officer, employee
or agent to repay all amounts so paid in advance if it is ultimately  determined
that the director of officer is not entitled to be indemnified.

     Under the Registrant's bylaws, the Registrant has the power to purchase and
maintain  insurance on behalf of any person who is or was one of its  directors,
officers, employees or agents, against any liability asserted against the person
of incurred by the person in any such  capacity,  or arising out of the person's
status as such, and related  expenses,  whether or not the Registrant would have
the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of
the Delaware general corporation law. The Registrant  currently has director and
officer  liability  insurance  on behalf of its  directors  and  officers in the
aggregate amount of $1 million.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

        Not applicable.



ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

   EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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    4.1*          1996 Stock Option Plan,  as amended  (included as an exhibit
                         in Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 filed
                         on May 22, 2001)
    4.2*          Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended, of the Registrant
                         (included  as an exhibit in  Registrant's  Registration
                         Statement on Form 10 filed on May 22, 2001)
    4.3*          Amended and Restated  Bylaws of  Registrant  (included as an
                         exhibit in Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form
                         10 filed on May 22, 2001)
    4.4*          Certificate  evidencing shares of common stock of Registrant
                         (included  as an exhibit in  Registrant's  Registration
                         Statement on Form 10 filed on May 22, 2001)
    5.1           Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP relating to the
                         validity of the securities
   23.1           Consent of  Baratz &  Associates,  P.A.,  Registered  Public
                         Accounting Firm
   23.2           Consent of  Sonnenschein  Nath & Rosenthal LLP (contained in
                         Exhibit 5.1)
   24.1           Power of Attorney  (Included  as  part  of  signature  page)

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*    The exhibits have  previously  been filed with the  Securities and Exchange
     Commission as part of the filing indicated and are  incorporated  herein by
     reference.


ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

(a)  The Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1)  To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being made of
          the securities  registered hereby, a post-effective  amendment to this
          Registration Statement:

          (i)  to include any  prospectus  required  by Section  10(a)(3) of the
               Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");

          (ii) to reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising after
               the effective  date of this  Registration  Statement (or the most
               recent post-effective  amendment thereof) which,  individually or
               in  the  aggregate,   represent  a  fundamental   change  in  the
               information set forth in this Registration Statement; and

          (iii)to include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
               distribution  not  previously   disclosed  in  this  Registration
               Statement  or any  material  change to such  information  in this
               Registration Statement;

          provided,  however,  that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i)
          and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included
          in a  post-effective  amendment  by those  paragraphs  is contained in
          periodic  reports  filed with or  furnished to the  Commission  by the
          Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

     (2)  That,  for  the  purpose  of  determining   any  liability  under  the
          Securities Act, each such post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to
          be a new  registration  statement  relating to the



          securities  offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at
          that  time  shall be  deemed  to be the  initial  bona  fide  offering
          thereof.

     (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
          of the securities being  registered  hereby which remain unsold at the
          termination of the offering.

(b)  The Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for purposes of determining  any
     liability  under the  Securities  Act, each filing of  Registrant's  annual
     report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
     where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
     pursuant to Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act) that is  incorporated  by
     reference  in this  Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new
     registration  statement  relating to the securities offered herein, and the
     offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
     bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons  of  the
Registrant   pursuant  to  the   provisions  of  the  restated   certificate  of
incorporation  and By-laws of the  Registrant and the provisions of the Delaware
law described  under Item 6 above,  the  Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is
against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities  Act, and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  director,  officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed  in the  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of  Trenton  and State of New Jersey on this 4th day of
February, 2005.

                                       Emtec, Inc.


                                       By:  /s/ John P. Howlett
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                                            John P. Howlett
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below constitutes and appoints John P. Howlett and Sam Bhatt, and each or either
of them, as his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
and all  capacities  to  approve,  sign and file  with the U.S.  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission and any other  appropriate  authorities the original of any
and all amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments) to this Registration
Statement and any other  documents in connection  therewith,  granting unto each
said  attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and  every  act and  thing  requisite  and  necessary  to be done in  connection
therewith,  as  fully to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and
agent, or either of them, or his substitute or  substitutes,  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.



                                                                                              

              SIGNATURE                                         TITLE                                     DATE
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
/s/ John P. Howlett                           Executive Officer)                                    February 4, 2005
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John P. Howlett
                                          Vice President-Finance
                                              (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
/s/ Sam Bhatt                                 Accounting Officer)                                   February 4, 2005
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Sam Bhatt
                                          President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
                                                                                                    February 4, 2005
/s/ Ronald A. Seitz
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Ronald A Seitz

                                                                                                    February 4, 2005
/a/ Frank Jerd                            Director
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Frank Jerd



                                                                                                    February 4, 2005
/s/ George F. Raymond                     Director
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George F. Raymond






                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                           DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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    4.1*       1996 Stock  Option  Plan,  as amended  (included as an exhibit in
                    Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on May
                    22, 2001)
    4.2*       Certificate  of  Incorporation,  as  amended,  of the  Registrant
                    (included  as  an  exhibit  in   Registrant's   Registration
                    Statement on Form 10 filed on May 22, 2001)
    4.3*       Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant (included as an exhibit
                    in Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 10 filed on
                    May 22, 2001)
    4.4*       Certificate  evidencing  shares  of  common  stock of  Registrant
                    (included  as  an  exhibit  in   Registrant's   Registration
                    Statement on Form 10 filed on May 22, 2001)
    5.1        Opinion of  Sonnenschein  Nath &  Rosenthal  LLP  relating to the
                    validity of the securities
   23.1        Consent  of  Baratz  &  Associates,   P.A.,   Registered   Public
                    Accounting Firm
   23.2        Consent of  Sonnenschein  Nath  &  Rosenthal  LLP  (contained  in
                    Exhibit 5.1)
   24.1        Power of Attorney (Included as part of signature page)

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*    The exhibits have  previously  been filed with the  Securities and Exchange
     Commission as part of the filing indicated and are  incorporated  herein by
     reference.