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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-15-004773
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20150601
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150601

FILER:

	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:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-07977
		FILM NUMBER:		15901762

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28601 CLEMENS RD
		CITY:			WESTLAKE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44145
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4408921580

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28601 CLEMENS ROAD
		CITY:			WESTLAKE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44145
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 1.01<font style="letter-spacing:0.7pt;">  </font>Conflict<font style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt;"> </font>Minerals Disclosu<font style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt;">r</font>e and Report</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Our Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, and is available on our website at <font style="text-decoration:underline;">www.nordson.com</font>.  </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 1.02  Exhibit</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Exhibit 1.01 &#8211; Conflict<font style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt;"> </font>Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange<font style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt;"> </font>Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Introduction</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Nordson Corporation (&#8220;our,&#8221; &#8220;we&#8221; or &#8220;us&#8221;) engineers, manufactures and markets differentiated products and systems used for dispensing and processing adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants and biomaterials, and for managing fluids, testing and inspecting for quality, treating surfaces and curing. These products are supported with extensive application expertise and direct global sales and service. We serve a wide variety of consumer non-durable, consumer durable and technology end markets including packaging, nonwovens, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, building and construction, and general product assembly and finishing. Headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, our products are marketed through a network of direct operations in more than 30 countries. Our principal manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, Belgium, the Peoples Republic of China, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Thailand and the United Kingdom.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s conflict minerals rule adopted pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the &#8220;Rule&#8221;), this Report was not subject to an independent private sector audit.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We evaluated our products and determined that certain products manufactured during calendar year 2014 were manufactured with materials or components that contain, or likely contain, conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We then worked to identify suppliers that we believed provide materials or components containing conflict minerals.&nbsp;&nbsp;Given the size and complexity of our supply chain, we focused on our largest suppliers, ranked by the amount that we paid to each supplier.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">An escalation process was initiated with those surveyed suppliers who continued to be nonresponsive after the above contacts were made, or whose initial (or subsequent) response was not complete or otherwise warranted clarification or confirmation.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using a risk-based approach, we evaluated responses from the surveyed suppliers for plausibility, consistency, and gaps both in terms of which materials or components were stated to contain or not contain conflict minerals and the origin of such conflict minerals.&nbsp;&nbsp;We engaged certain surveyed suppliers, holding discussions and reviewing the results of their internal due diligence efforts, to ensure that our inquiries regarding conflict minerals were understood and complied with.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For the period covered by this Report, we obtained responses from suppliers representing approximately 90% of our total direct material spend during the period covered by this Report.&nbsp;&nbsp;Based on the information obtained pursuant to the reasonable country of inquiry process described above, we do not have sufficient information to determine the country of origin of all of the conflict minerals in our supply chain.  We continue to work to improve our reasonable country of origin process as described in more detail below. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Our customers can access our conflict minerals statement on our website, <font style="text-decoration:underline;">www.nordson.com</font>. Our conflict minerals statement informs customers of where we are in our Rule compliance efforts. Customer inquiries are handled on a case by case basis, utilizing the conflict minerals statement or customized responses using the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) Conflict Mineral Reporting Template (CMRT), as appropriate.&nbsp;&nbsp;Since we are an industrial equipment supplier, many of our products are not incorporated into our customers&#8217; products and, therefore, do not fall within the scope of the Rule as applied to our customers. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Due Diligence Framework</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We have implemented measures to determine the sources and chain of custody of conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our products, if any.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Our due diligence process has been designed to conform, in all material respects relevant to the disclosure requirements under the Rule, with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We have established a Conflict Minerals Reporting Oversight Committee.&nbsp;&nbsp;The team members include representatives from our Supply Chain Management, one of whom is our designated member of senior management, Legal, Product Compliance, Finance and Internal Audit departments. The team meets monthly.  Periodic reports are made to the audit committee of the board of directors with respect to our due diligence process and compliance obligations.  </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">External Communications and Supply Chain Engagement</font>.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition to our conflict minerals statement (described above), our Conflict Minerals Policy, adopted on May 6, 2014, is available on our website, <font style="text-decoration:underline;">www.nordson.com</font>. In conjunction with the adoption of the Conflict Minerals Policy, we revised our Supplier Code of Ethics, which outlines the ethical standards with which we expect our suppliers to comply, to reflect our expectations that our suppliers procure materials from sources that do not directly or indirectly support non-state armed groups.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conflict Minerals Policy and Supplier Code of Ethics have been distributed to our suppliers. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We survey our suppliers, as described above, utilizing the CMRT. Also, we utilize product compliance software (the Global Environmental Management System (GEMS)). GEMS software is used by our product lines that have access to our enterprise resource planning system to automate the CMRT, and to collect and analyze the survey data. For our other product lines without access to our enterprise resource planning system, the survey is sent to suppliers using a manual distribution, collection, and analysis process. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Currently, the results from our surveys are used to identify the likely areas of conflict mineral usage within our supply chain. Future surveys will focus efforts on these areas. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Suppliers are encouraged to send inquiries or other information concerning conflict minerals to <font style="text-decoration:underline;">productcompliance@nordson.com</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Future Improvements to and Steps in the Reasonable Country of Inquiry and Due Diligence Process</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Identify Risks in our Supply Chain</font>.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Although we are still in the process of collecting and analyzing the data received from our conflict minerals surveys described above, we plan to aggregate and review the smelters from each of our suppliers identified as being in the conflict mineral supply chain. The list of smelters will then be compared to the CFSI Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition e-Sustainability Initiative (EICC-GeSI) validated smelters lists. Those smelters not found to be on the validated lists will be assessed as higher risk. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If, through our smelters lists, we discover that certain of our products contain conflict minerals, or we cannot definitively deem a product to be conflict free, we will analyze the adverse impact of this determination pursuant to the standards set forth in our Conflict Minerals Policy and Supplier Code of Ethics.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks</font>.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Once we compile our supply chain information through the processes described above, our findings will be reported to our executive officer committee. Identified areas of risk in our supply chain will be subject to a risk management plan developed pursuant to our Supplier Code of Ethics and Conflict Minerals Policy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Such risk management plan may include continuing trade throughout the course of measurable risk mitigation efforts, temporarily suspending trade while pursuing ongoing measurable risk mitigation, or disengaging with a supplier after failed attempts at mitigation or where we deem risk mitigation not feasible or unacceptable. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Once our risk management plan is implemented, we will track performance of our risk mitigation efforts and report the results back to our executive officer committee.&nbsp;&nbsp;For risks requiring additional mitigation, or after a change of circumstances, we will undertake additional fact and risk assessments.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit, if Necessary</font>. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We will rely on third party assurances and certifications.&nbsp;&nbsp;For example, if a supplier provides the name of a smelter or source mine, we would compare the reply to the listing of smelters from the EICC-GeSI Conflict-Free Smelter program thereby relying on the program&#8217;s processes. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We have taken the information gathered through the above-described due diligence process and compiled this Report.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the future, we will take such information and compile it in a Report or in our specialized disclosure report as required by the Rule, whichever is applicable. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Based on the information obtained pursuant to the due diligence process described above, we do not have sufficient information to determine the known facility/smelter or country of origin of the conflict minerals used in our products.&nbsp;&nbsp;We continue to work to identify these facilities and the country of origin of the minerals by engaging with our suppliers in an effort to obtain this information.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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