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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180105163432
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-18-000224
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180105

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Beredo Gina A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001727029

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-07977
		FILM NUMBER:		18513780

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NORDSON CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		28601 CLEMENS ROAD
		CITY:			WESTLAKE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44145

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
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        <issuerName>NORDSON CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NDSN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Beredo Gina A.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NORDSON CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Company Savings Plan</value>
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                <value>2027-11-20</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>4400</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents the number of shares attributable to the reporting person's participation in the Company Stock Fund of the Nordson Savings Plan, exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">All such options have fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">On November 24, 2014, the Company awarded 1,400 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 24, 2015. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On November 23, 2015, the Company awarded 2,100 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 23, 2016. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">On November 21, 2016, the Company awarded 1,900 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 21, 2017. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">On November 20, 2017, the Company awarded 4,400 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 20, 2018. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Gina A. Beredo</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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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 undersigned, 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 7th day of December, 2017.


Signature:/s/Gina A. Beredo
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