1


                                  Exhibit 23(a)















                        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP,
                       Independent Auditors to Registrant








                                       30
   2


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Core Materials Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated March 2, 1998,
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Core Materials Corporation for
the year ended December 31, 1997.


/s/  DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
- --------------------------

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois
August 6, 1998















                                       31