EXHIBIT 24.01

                          COMMISSION FILE NO. 1-5492-1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know All Men By These Presents, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John L. Patenaude and Robert S. Amrein and each of
them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign Nashua Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



SIGNATURE                          TITLE             DATE
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/s/Avrum Gray                      Director          March 14, 2003
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Avrum Gray

/s/Mark E. Schwarz                 Director          March 17, 2003
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Mark E. Schwarz

/s/John M. Kucharski               Director          March 14 2003
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John M. Kucharski

/s/George R. Mrkonic, Jr.          Director          March 17, 2003
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George R. Mrkonic, Jr.

/s/James F. Orr III                Director          March 14, 2003
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James F. Orr III