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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001188582-09-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090428
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090505
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090505

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORDSON CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000072331
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, NEC [3569]
		IRS NUMBER:				340590250
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1103

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28601 CLEMENS RD
		CITY:			WESTLAKE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44145
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2168921580

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28601 CLEMENS ROAD
		CITY:			WESTLAKE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44145

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARSON RANDY W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001188582

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-07977
		FILM NUMBER:		09795733

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EATON CENTER
		STREET 2:		1111 SUPERIOR AVENUE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44114
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            <rptOwnerName>CARSON RANDY W</rptOwnerName>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>EXHIBIT LIST: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureDate>2009-05-04</signatureDate>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY





       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Edward P. Campbell, Gregory A. Thaxton, Robert E. Veillette, and Thomas Aldrich signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of Nordson Corporation (the Company), Form ID, Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, Forms 3, 4, 5, or 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID, Form 3, 4, 5, and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of April, 2009.





  /s/ Randolph W. Carson

  Signature



  Randolph W. Carson

  Print Name

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