EXHIBIT 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Douglas C. Rice, Kimberley A. Elting,
and J. Brent Alldredge, and each of them, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare and execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, in the undersigned's capacity as a director
or officer of Orthofix International N.V. (the "Company"), and
submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling
the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule of regulation of the
SEC;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for an on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing, which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
13th day of September, 2017.



__/S/ Michael E. Paolucci_______
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__Michael E. Paolucci___________
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