EXHIBIT 23.1
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accounts, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement of our report dated February 21, 1997
included in Asahi/America, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996 and to all references to our Firm included in this
registration statement.
/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 14, 1997
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Malden, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on April 16,
1997.
ASAHI/AMERICA, INC.
By /s/ Leslie B. Lewis
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Leslie B. Lewis,
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Leslie B. Lewis President, Principal Executive April 16, 1997
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Leslie B. Lewis
/s/ Tadashi Kitamura Director April 16, 1997
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Tadashi Kitamura
/s/ Kazuyuki Sato Director April 16, 1997
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Kazuyuki Sato
/s/ Kazumitsu Yamaguchi Director April 16, 1997
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Kazumitsu Yamaguchi
/s/ Nannette S. Lewis Director April 16, 1997
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Nannette S. Lewis
/s/ Jeffrey C. Bloomberg Director April 16, 1997
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Jeffrey C. Bloomberg
/s/ Samuel J. Gerson Director April 16, 1997
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Samuel J. Gerson
/s/ Kozo Terada Vice President and April 16, 1997
- ------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Kozo Terada