EXHIBIT 23
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                         CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
                                        
                                        
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Aztec Manufacturing Co. of our report dated March 27, 1998, included in the
1998 Annual Report to Shareholders of Aztec Manufacturing Co.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
on Form S-8, No. 33-15481 pertaining to the 1986 Incentive Stock Plan of Aztec
Manufacturing Co., No. 33-30993 pertaining to the Aztec Manufacturing Co.
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, No. 33-49158 pertaining to the Aztec
Manufacturing Co. Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, and No. 33-49164 pertaining to
the 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan of Aztec Manufacturing Co. of our report
dated March 27, 1998, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Aztec Manufacturing Co., incorporated by reference in the Annual Report 
(Form 10-K) for the year ended February 28, 1998.



                                       ERNST & YOUNG LLP



                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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Fort Worth, Texas
May 27, 1998



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