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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Administrative Committee
NATCO Group Profit Sharing and Savings Plan


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of NATCO Group Inc. (filed under Securities and Exchange Commission
File No. 333-46410) of our report dated June 20, 2001, relating to the
statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the NATCO Group Profit
Sharing and Savings Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related
statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year
ended December 31, 2000, which appear in the December 31, 2000 annual report on
Form 11-K of the NATCO Group Profit Sharing and Savings Plan.



KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
June 29, 2001