
                                                                    Exhibit 23.1


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Advanced Technical Products, Inc.

     We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements
(No.  333-19759,  333-52885,  333-66817  and  333-71232) on Form S-8 of Advanced
Technical  Products,  Inc. of our report dated  February 22, 2002,  except as to
Note 7, which is as of  February  28,  2002,  with  respect to the  consolidated
balance  sheets of Advanced  Technical  Products,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of
December  31,  2001  and  2000,  and  the  related  consolidated  statements  of
operations, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in
the  three-year  period ended  December 31,  2001,  which report  appears in the
December  31, 2001 annual  report on Form 10-K of Advanced  Technical  Products,
Inc.

                                                /s/ KPMG LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
March 29, 2002


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