EXHIBIT 23.1
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The Board of Directors
Paragon Technologies, Inc. (formerly SI Handling Systems, Inc.):




We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the registration  statements on
Form S-3 of Paragon Technologies,  Inc., formerly SI Handling Systems,  Inc., of
our report  dated  March 7, 2000,  except for Note 14,  which is as of March 30,
2000, relating to the consolidated  balance sheets of SI Handling Systems,  Inc.
and  subsidiary  as  of  December  31,  1999,  and  the  related  statements  of
operations,  stockholders'  equity,  and cash  flows  for the ten  months  ended
December  31, 1999 and for the years ended  February 28, 1999 and March 1, 1998,
and all related schedules,  which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual
report on Form 10-K of Paragon Technologies, Inc., formerly SI Handling Systems,
Inc.,  and to the  reference  to our firm  under the  heading  "Experts"  in the
prospectus.




/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP







Allentown, Pennsylvania
June 30, 2000