POWER OF ATTORNEY

	For Executing Forms 4 and 5


Know all by
these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Helen
P. Oster, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to:

1.	execute for and
on behalf of the undersigned Forms 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.	do
and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form  4 or
5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

3.	take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation.  The undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact, or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This power of attorney shall expire on December
31, 2004.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this ____ day of November 2003.




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/s/Akira Hara