Exhibit 23(b)


To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
of Ferro Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-3 of Ferro Corporation of our report dated November 21, 2001 with respect
to the combined balance sheets of the electronic materials, performance pigments
and colors, glass systems and Cerdec Ceramics businesses of dmc(2) Degussa
Metals Catalysts Cerdec Aktiengesellschaft and subsidiaries as of December 31,
2000 and 1999, and September 30, 1999, and the related combined statements of
operations, shareholder's equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31,
2000, three months ended December 31, 1999, and the year ended September 30,
1999 which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of Ferro Corporation dated November
23, 2001 and the Form 8-K/A-2 of Ferro Corporation dated December 10, 2001, and
to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the prospectus.






KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft


Frankfurt, Germany
March 13, 2002