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                                                                   Exhibit 13-g
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Nordson Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Nordson
Corporation as of October 31, 1993 and November 1, 1992, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended October 31, 1993.  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 generally accepted auditing
standards.  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 31, 1993 and November 1, 1992, and the consolidated
results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended October 31, 1993 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in fiscal 1993
the Company changed its method of accounting for postretirement benefits other
than pensions, postemployment benefits, and income taxes.


/s/ Ernst & Young

Cleveland, Ohio
December 7, 1993
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