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                                                                      Exhibit 24
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                             DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
                             OF INSTRON CORPORATION
                              AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         Each of the undersigned officers, directors, and other representatives
of Instron Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the "Corporation"), and its
subsidiaries, hereby constitutes and appoints Linton A. Moulding and John R.
Barrett and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as
attorneys-in-fact or attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, for him and in his
name, place and stead, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more
Registration Statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of the
offering for exchange of the 13 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of the
Corporation, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto,
including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements or any
additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated under
the Securities Act, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all
acts and things whatsoever that any of said attorneys or their substitutes may
deem necessary or desirable, in his or their sole discretion, with any such act
or thing being hereby ratified and approved in all respects without any further
act or deed whatsoever.

         EXECUTED as of December 28, 1999.


/s/ Yayha Gharagozlou                           /s/ Sjomua Izumi
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Yayha Gharagozlou                               Sjomua Izumi

/s/ Arthur D. Hindman                           /s/ Raymond Lancaster
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Arthur D. Hindman                               Raymond Lancaster

/s/ Thomas N. Littman                           /s/ Robert C. Marini
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Thomas N. Littman                               Robert C. Marini

/s/ James M. McConnell                          /s/ Linton A. Moulding
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James M. McConnell                              Linton A. Moulding

/s/ Yasuhisa Okamoto
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Yasuhisa Okamoto                                John F. Turben

/s/ Dennis J. Moore
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Dennis J. Moore