EX-24.A 3 doc2.txt EXHIBIT 24A INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT The Board of Directors New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 33-70452, No. 333-06029, No. 33-16024, No. 333-69202, No. 333-69206 and No. 333-69208) on Form S-8 of New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. of our report dated February 23, 2004, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, cash flows, and comprehensive income (loss) for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, and related schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2003, annual report on Form 10-K of New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. KPMG LLP Short Hills, New Jersey March 4, 2004