EXHIBIT 3(a)
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                           CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
                         CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
                               INSILCO CORPORATION



It is hereby certified that:


1.     The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the "corporation" is
       Insilco Corporation.

2.     The Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation is hereby amended by
       deleting therefrom in its entirety Article FIRST as presently in effect
       and by substituting in lieu thereof a new Article FIRST to be read as
       follows:

              "FIRST:  The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the
              "corporation" is Insilco Technologies, Inc."

3.     The amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation herein certified has
       been duly adopted and written consent has been given in accordance wit
       the provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of
       the State of Delaware.

4.     The effective time of the amendment herein certified shall be
       August 25, 2000.



                                                     By: /S/ MICHAEL R. ELIA
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                                                     Name: Michael R. Elia
                                                     Title: Secretary