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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-008783
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210430

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Schatz David M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001855141

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10596
		FILM NUMBER:		21876784

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
		STREET 2:		9900 A CLAYTON ROAD
		CITY:			SAINT LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63124

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866706
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC [3669]
		IRS NUMBER:				431554045
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9900 A CLAYTON RD
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63124
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3142137200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9900 A CLAYTON RD
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63124

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ESCO ELECTRONICS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24: Power of Attorney</remarks>

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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey&#160;D.&#160;Fisher and Kimberly M. Chapman, or any
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            <div>prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form ID, including
              amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
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            <div>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of ESCO Technologies Inc. the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms&#160;3, 4, and 5 in
              accordance with Section&#160;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</div>
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            <div>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&#160;3, 4, or 5, complete and
              execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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            <div>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.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">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.&#160; 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&#160;16 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&#160;3, 4, and 5 with
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of 1 April, 2021.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 252pt;"><u>/s/David M. Schatz</u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</div>
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