Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

The Board of Directors
Technitrol, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Technitrol, Inc. of our report dated March 1, 1996, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Technitrol, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1995 and 1994 and the related consolidated statements of
earnings and retained earnings and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the
December 31, 1995 annual report on Form 10-K of Technitrol, Inc.

                                       KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 20, 1996


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