Exhibit 23

               Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

The Board of Directors
Technitrol. Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 033-35334, 033-63203, 333-55751, 333-94073, 333-64068, 333-64060) on Form
S-8 of Technitrol, Inc. of our report dated January 17, 2003, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Technitrol, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December
27, 2002 and December 28, 2001 and the related consolidated statements of
operations, cash flows, changes in shareholders' equity and the related
financial statement schedule for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 27, 2002, which report appears in the December 27, 2002 annual
report on form 10-K of Technitrol, Inc. Our report refers to a change in the
Company's method for accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142, Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets.


                                             /s/ KPMG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 5, 2003