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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-16-015009
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161128
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161128
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161128

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:			1031

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lovass Stephen
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001319865

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-07977
		FILM NUMBER:		162020627

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NORDSON CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		28601 CLEMENS ROAD
		CITY:			WESTLAKE
		STATE:			X1
		ZIP:			44145
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    <periodOfReport>2016-11-28</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000072331</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NORDSON CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NDSN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001319865</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lovass Stephen</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NORDSON CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>28601 CLEMENS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WESTLAKE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>44145</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>No securities beneficially owned.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert E. Veillette, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-11-28</signatureDate>
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      POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Beneficial Ownership Reports)

The undersigned hereby:

(i) constitutes and appoints the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the
Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the General Counsel,the Secretary,
the Assistant Secretary, and the Treasurer, now or hereafter serving, of Nordson
Corporation (the "Company"), and each of them individually, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution (collectively, the Attorneys-in-Fact, and,
individually, an Attorney-in-Fact), to be the undersigned's true and lawful
representative, agent, proxy and attorney in fact for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

	(a)	prepare, act on, execute, acknowledge, publish (including website
posting) and deliver to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
any and all national securities exchanges and the Company the following Forms
with respect to securities of the Company, including those which are or may be
deemed to be beneficially owned or held by the undersigned:

		(1)	Forms ID, 3, 4, 5, and 144 (including any and all
amendments thereto) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the Exchange Act), the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act), and the rules and regulations thereunder; and

		(2)	any successor Form or any related document; and

	(b)	request and obtain from any and all third parties, including
brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, any and all
information with respect to ownership and holding of and transactions in
securities of the Company and to use and disclose such information, in each
case as necessary, appropriate, convenient or expedient in connection with
the foregoing.

(ii)	authorizes any and all such third parties to provide and disclose
such  information to any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact or their agents;

(iii)	grants to any and all of the Attorneys in Fact the full right, power
and authority to do any and all such things which may be necessary, convenient,
expedient or appropriate in connection with the foregoing, as fully for all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do or take; and

(iv)	approves, ratifies and confirms all that any and all of the Attorneys
in Fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned hereby agrees that any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact may
rely on information provided or disclosed orally or in writing by or on behalf
of the undersigned or such third parties without independent verification
thereof.

The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any manner by
reason of (i) the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by the
undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein or (ii) the
death, disability or incompetence of the undersigned.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect as long as the
undersigned remains employed by the Company or its subsidiaries or a director
of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned as described in the
next sentence.  This Power of Attorney may be revoked only by written notice
to the Secretary of the Company, delivered personally or by registered mail
or certified mail, return receipt requested.No such revocation shall be
effective as to any Attorney-in-Fact until such notice of revocation shall
have been actually received and read by him or her.  All third parties may
deal with each Attorney-in-Fact as if such Attorney-in-Fact was the under-
signed, without undertaking or having any duty to undertake any investigation
as to whether this Power of Attorney has been revoked or otherwise becomes
invalid.

The undersigned acknowledges that it is his or her responsibility to pre-clear
with the General Counsel all proposed transactions in securities of the Company
and that this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from any
responsibility for compliance with the obligations of the undersigned under
the Exchange Act, including the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executive this Power of Attorney
as of this 17th day of November, 2016.


Signature:	/s/Stephen P. Lovass
		Stephen P. Lovass
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