<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned:

    GEORGE P. STEPHAN does hereby appoint and constitute Gideon Argov, Robert J.
Cobuzzi and James A. Eder and each of them as his agent and attorney in fact to
execute in his name, place and stead as director of Kollmorgen Corporation an
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all
amendments thereto; and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  Each of the said attorneys shall have the power to act hereunder
with or without the other.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this form this 27th day of
March, 1998.



                                   /s/  George P. Stephan
                                  -------------------------------

                                      George P. Stephan
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned:

    GEOFFREY S. REHNERT does hereby appoint and constitute Gideon Argov, Robert
J. Cobuzzi and James A. Eder and each of them as his agent and attorney in fact
to execute in his name, place and stead as director of Kollmorgen Corporation an
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all
amendments thereto; and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  Each of the said attorneys shall have the power to act hereunder
with or without the other.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this form this 27th day of
March, 1998.



                                   /s/  Geoffrey S. Rehnert
                                  -------------------------------
                                      Geoffrey S. Rehnert
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned:

    J. DOUGLAS MAXWELL, JR. does hereby appoint and constitute Gideon Argov,
Robert J. Cobuzzi and James A. Eder and each of them as his agent and attorney
in fact to execute in his name, place and stead as director of Kollmorgen
Corporation an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997,
and any and all amendments thereto; and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of the said attorneys shall have the power to act
hereunder with or without the other.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this form this 27th day of
March, 1998.



                                   /s/  J. Douglas Maxwell, Jr.
                                  --------------------------------
                                      J. Douglas Maxwell, Jr.
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned:

    JAMES H. KASSCHAU does hereby appoint and constitute Gideon Argov, Robert J.
Cobuzzi and James A. Eder and each of them as his agent and attorney in fact to
execute in his name, place and stead as director of Kollmorgen Corporation an
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all
amendments thereto; and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  Each of the said attorneys shall have the power to act hereunder
with or without the other.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this form this 27th day of
March, 1998.



                                   /s/   James H. Kasschau
                                  --------------------------------
                                      James H. Kasschau
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned:

    HERBERT L. HENKEL does hereby appoint and constitute Gideon Argov, Robert J.
Cobuzzi and James A. Eder and each of them as his agent and attorney in fact to
execute in his name, place and stead as director of Kollmorgen Corporation an
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all
amendments thereto; and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  Each of the said attorneys shall have the power to act hereunder
with or without the other.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this form this 27th day of
March, 1998.



                                   /s/   Herbert L. Henkel
                                  --------------------------------
                                      Herbert L. Henkel
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned:

    JERALD G. FISHMAN does hereby appoint and constitute Gideon Argov, Robert J.
Cobuzzi and James A. Eder and each of them as his agent and attorney in fact to
execute in his name, place and stead as director of Kollmorgen Corporation an
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and any and all
amendments thereto; and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  Each of the said attorneys shall have the power to act hereunder
with or without the other.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this form this 27th day of
March, 1998.



                                      /s/  Jerald G. Fishman
                                  -----------------------------------
                                      Jerald G. Fishman