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                                                                     Exhibit 24

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and
constitutes Thomas E. Williams, and Anthony J. Allott, and each of them
singly, his true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of
them singly, to sign on his behalf and in his name in the capacities
indicated below the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Applied Extrusion
Technologies, Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, and any and
all amendments to said Annual Report and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, and he hereby ratifies
and confirms his signature as it may be signed by said attorneys, or any of
them, to said Annual Report and any and all amendments thereto.

SIGNATURE                  CAPACITY IN WHICH SIGNED            DATE

/s/ Amin J. Khoury         Chairman of the Board and           December 7, 1999
------------------         Director
Amin J. Khoury

/s/ Thomas E. Williams     Director, President, and Chief      December 7, 1999
----------------------     Executive Officer (principal
Thomas E. Williams         executive officer

/s/ Paul W. Marshall       Director                            December 7, 1999
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Paul W. Marshall

/s/ Richard G. Hamermesh   Director                            December 7, 1999
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Richard G. Hamermesh

/s/ Mark M. Harmeling      Director                            December 7, 1999
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Mark M. Harmeling

/s/ Nader A. Golestaneh    Director                            December 7, 1999
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Nader A. Golestaneh

/s/ Joseph J. O'Donnell    Director                            December 7, 1999
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Joseph J. O'Donnell


