LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR  SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes, constitutes and appoints  each of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the General Counsel, the Secretary, and the  Treasurer as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as  hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:    1. prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any  amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Nordson Corporation, an Ohio  Corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange  Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary  or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and  regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");    2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,  information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including  brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby  authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves  and ratifies any such release of information; and    3. perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary  or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.    The undersigned acknowledges that:    a. this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act  in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without  independent verification of such information;    b. any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the  undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain  such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion,  deems necessary or desirable;    c. neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the  undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)  any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or  (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under  Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and    d. this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for  compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including  without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
 The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and  authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or  appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the  undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and  on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power  of Attorney.     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be  executed as of this 2nd day of March, 2024.          /s/ Annette K. Clayton   Signature      Annette K. Clayton    Print Name        STATE OF TEXAS        COUNTY OF TRAVIS         On this 2 day of March, 2024, Annette K. Clayton personally appeared before me, and  acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.                                                            /s/ Sarah Trujillo       Notary Public (Notary ID #133374597)  Commission Expires: 10/05/2025