Exhibit 21

NORDSON CORPORATION

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

The following table sets forth the subsidiaries of the Registrant (each of which is included in the Registrant’s consolidated financial statements), and the jurisdiction under the laws of which each subsidiary was organized.

Jurisdiction
of Incorporation	Name
INTERNATIONAL: Australia		Nordson Australia Pty. Limited
Austria		Nordson Osterreich GmbH(1)
Belgium		Nordson Benelux S.A./N.V.
Brazil		Nordson do Brasil Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Canada		Nordson Canada Limited
China		Nordson (China) Co., Ltd.
China		Dage Test Systems (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.(2)
China		Dage Trading (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.(2)
Colombia		Nordson Andina Limitada
Czech Republic		Nordson CS, spol.s.r.o.
Denmark		Nordson Danmark A/S
Finland		Nordson Finland Oy
France		Nordson France S.A.S.
France		Dosage 2000(3)
Germany		Nordson Deutschland GmbH(4)
Germany		Nordson Engineering GmbH(5)
Germany		Dage Deutschland GmbH(6)
Germany		Nordson Holdings S.a.r.l. & Co. KG(7)
Germany		Picodostec GmbH(8)
Germany		G L T Gesellschaft für Löttechnik mbH(8)
Hong Kong		Nordson Application Equipment, Inc.
Hong Kong		Nordson Asia Pacific, Ltd.
India		Nordson India Private Limited
Italy		Nordson Italia S.p.A.
Japan		Nordson K.K.
Japan		Nordson Asymtek K.K.
Japan		Dage Arctek(2)
Luxembourg		Nordson European Holdings Luxembourg Sarl
Luxembourg		Nordson Sarl(9)
Luxembourg		Nordson Luxembourg Sarl(10)
Malaysia		Nordson (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Mexico		Nordson de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
The Netherlands		Nordson Benelux B.V.
The Netherlands		Nordson B.V.
New Zealand		Nordson New Zealand
Norway		Nordson Norge A/S
Poland		Nordson Polska Sp.z.o.o.
Portugal		Nordson Portugal Equipamento Industrial, Lda.
Russia		Nordson Russia Limited Liability Company
Singapore		Nordson S.E. Asia (Pte.) Ltd.
Singapore		Dage (SEASIA) Pte. Ltd.(2)

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Subsidiaries of the Registrant — Continued

Jurisdiction
of Incorporation	Name
INTERNATIONAL:
South Africa		MLT Systems Holdings (Pty.) Limited
South Korea		Nordson Korea
Spain		Nordson Iberica, S.A.
Sweden		Nordson AB
Switzerland		Nordson (Schweiz) A.G.(11)
United Kingdom		Nordson (U.K.) Limited
United Kingdom		Dage Holdings Limited
United Kingdom		Dage Precision Industries Ltd.(6)
DOMESTIC:
California		Asymptotic Technologies, Inc.(12)
California		March Plasma Systems, Inc.
California		H.P. Solutions, Inc.(13)
California		Dage Precision Industries, Inc.(6)
California		YESTech, Inc.
Ohio		Nordson U.S. Trading Company
Rhode Island		Nordson EFD LLC. (14)
Rhode Island		EFD, International, Inc.(3)

Ownership Legend

(1)  Name changed effective May 2010

(2)  Owned by Dage Precision Industries Limited

(3)  Owned by Nordson EFD LLC

(4)  Owned by Nordson Engineering GmbH and Nordson Holdings S.a.r.l. & Company KG

(5)  Owned by Nordson Holdings S.a.r.l. & Company KG

(6)  Owned by Dage Holdings Limited

(7)  Owned by Nordson Sarl and Nordson Luxembourg Sarl

(8)  Owned by Nordson Deutschland GmbH

(9)  Owned by Nordson Luxembourg Sarl

(10) Owned by Nordson European Holdings Luxembourg Sarl

(11) Owned by Nordson Benelux S.A./N.V.

(12) Doing business as Nordson Asymtek

(13) Doing business as H.F. Johnston Manufacturing, Inc.

(14) Previously known as Electron Fusion Devices, Inc.

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