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Exhibit 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated November
19, 1999 (which expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph relating to the change in the method of accounting for start up costs
in the year ended September 30, 1998), appearing in the Annual Report on Form
10-K of Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. for the year ended September 30,
1999.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
June 12, 2000
