EXHIBIT 23.1

The Board of Directors
Reinhold Industries, Inc.

The audits referred to in our report dated March 16, 2001,  included the related
financial  statement  schedule as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of
the years in the three year period  ended  December  31,  2000,  included in the
December 31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Reinhold  Industries,  Inc. This
financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's  management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statement schedule.
In our opinion,  such financial statement schedule,  when considered in relation
to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly
in all material respects the information set forth therein.


We consent to the use of our reports included herein.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
April 12, 2001