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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
SPX Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of SPX Corporation of our report dated January 25, 2001, except as to
note 14 which is as of March 11, 2001, with respect to the consolidated
statements of financial position of United Dominion Industries Limited as at
December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements of income,
cash flows and changes in shareholders' equity for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which report appears in the December
31, 2000 annual report on Form 40-F of United Dominion Industries Limited, which
report is included in the Form 8-K of SPX Corporation filed April 13, 2001.

KPMG LLP
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Chartered Accountants

Toronto, Canada
August 28, 2001


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