Exhibit 13-g

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Nordson Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Nordson
Corporation as of October 28, 2001 and October 29, 2000, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended October 28, 2001. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Nordson
Corporation at October 28, 2001 and October 29, 2000, and the consolidated
results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended October 28, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
December 5, 2001