---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072331-24-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDSN"
cik: "0000072331"
company_name: "NORDSON CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T23:35:55.991977+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nordson appoints Christopher Mapes, former Lincoln Electric CEO, to board

## Summary
- Christopher Mapes elected to Nordson board effective Jan 16, 2024; board now nine directors.
- Mapes will serve on the Audit Committee; replaces departing director Mary Puma.
- Compensation: $165K equity retainer + $90K cash retainer, prorated for FY2024.
- Mapes has 38+ years manufacturing experience, including M&A and global operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072331-24-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDSN
- cik: 0000072331
- company_name: NORDSON CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000019/0000072331-24-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000019/ndsn-20240116.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-24-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-24-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-24-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher L. Mapes was appointed as Director at NORDSON CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective January 16, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Nordson Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Christopher L. Mapes as a Director to the class of directors whose term is scheduled to expire at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and as a member of the Audit Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000019/0000072331-24-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.