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                                                                   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 Daniel M. Junius and Paul Buffum 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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James F. Orr III                  Director                April 1, 1996
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James F. Orr III

Sheldon A. Buckler                Director                April 1, 1996
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Sheldon A. Buckler

Richard E. Carter                 Director                April 1, 1996
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Richard E. Carter

Thomas W. Eagar                   Director                April 1, 1996
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Thomas W. Eagar

John M. Kucharski                 Director                April 1, 1996
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John M. Kucharski