Exhibit 24.1







                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement  of Tredegar  Corporation  on Form S-8 (File  Number  33-64647) of our
report dated June 4, 1999,  appearing in this Annual  Report on Form 11-K of the
Savings Plan for the Employees of Tredegar  Industries,  Inc. for the year ended
December 31, 1998.


                                               /s/ Poti, Walton & Associates, PC
                                               POTI, WALTON & ASSOCIATES, PC
                                               (formerly Plott & Walton, P.C.)





June 21, 1999