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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION:		Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

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1(a)	Name of Issuer		(b)	IRS Ident. No.		(c)	S.E.C. File No.
	Nordson Corporation			34-0590250			0-7977
(d)	Address of Issuer					(e)	Telephone No.
	28601 Clemens  Rd.			Westlake ,  OH    44145			440   892-1580
	(Street)			(City)      (State)       (Zip Code)			(Area Code)   (Number)
2(a)	Name of Person For Whose Account the Securities are to be Sold					(b)	Relationship to Issuer
	William P. Madar						Director
(c)	Address
	28601 Clemens Rd.			Westlake ,  OH    44145
	(Street)			(City)      (State)        (Zip Code)

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INSTRUCTION:

The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

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3(a) Title of the Class of Securities to be Sold

(b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker Who is Acquiring the Securities

SEC USE ONLY Broker-Dealer File Number

(c) Number of Shares or Other Units to be Sold (See Instr. 3(c))

(d) Aggregate Market Value (See Instr. 3(d))

(e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See Instr. 3(e))

(f) Approximate Date of Sale (Mo/Day/Yr) (See Instr. 3(f))

(g) Name of Each Securities Exchange (See Instr. 3(g))

Common Shares w/o par value

Hawthorne, PNC 3550 Lander Rd. Pepper Pike, OH 44124

3,500

$

245,000

33,957,125

9-15-10

NASDAQ

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.		(a)		Name of issuer
		(b)		Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
		(c)		Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
		(d)		Issuer’s address, including zip code
		(e)		Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
2.		(a)		Name of person for whose accou nt the securities are to be sold
		(b)		Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
		(c)		Such person’s address, including zip code
3.		(a)		Title of the class of securities to be sold
		(b)		Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
		(c)		Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
		(d)		Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
		(e)		Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
		(f)		Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
		(g)		Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

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TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of the Class

Date You Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired (if gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of Securities Acquired

Date of Payment

Nature of Payment

Common Shares w/o par value

Various

Purchase

Issuer

Various

Cash

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obl igation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

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REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.		ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
Sept. 15, 2010		/s/ Robert E. Veillette
DATE OF NOTICE		(SIGNATURE) (attorney-In-Fact)
DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1

The notice shall be signed by the persons for whose account the securities are to be sold.
At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

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