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Exhibit 23
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos.
33-44449, 33-48841 and 333-51354 on Form S-8 of Applied Extrusion
Technologies, Inc. of our report dated November 13, 2000, appearing in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. for the
year ended September 30, 2000.
Our audit of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned
report also included the financial statement schedule of Applied Extrusion
Technologies, Inc., listed in Item 8. This financial statement schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion based on our audit. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 8, 2000
