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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-02-000507
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 14D9/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020118

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NCH CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000069960
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIALTY CLEANING, POLISHING AND SANITATION PREPARATIONS [2842]
		IRS NUMBER:				750457200
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 14D9/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-10518
		FILM NUMBER:		2512695

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2727 CHEMSEARCH BLVD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 152170
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75015
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2144380211

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NATIONAL CHEMSEARCH CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19781009

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NCH CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000069960
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIALTY CLEANING, POLISHING AND SANITATION PREPARATIONS [2842]
		IRS NUMBER:				750457200
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 14D9/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2727 CHEMSEARCH BLVD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 152170
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75015
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2144380211

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NATIONAL CHEMSEARCH CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19781009
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SCHEDULE 14D-9
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                 SCHEDULE 14D-9
                   SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT UNDER
             SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                (AMENDMENT NO. 1)

                                 NCH CORPORATION
                            (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY)


                                 NCH CORPORATION
                      (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)


                          COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)


                                   628850 10 9
                      (CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)


                                  JOE CLEVELAND
                           VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY
                                 NCH CORPORATION
                            2727 CHEMSEARCH BOULEVARD
                               IRVING, TEXAS 75062
                                 (972) 438-0211
   (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICE
         AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)


                                    COPY TO:

                              JAMES C. MORPHY, ESQ.
                             KEITH A. PAGNANI, ESQ.
                               SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
                                125 BROAD STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004
                                 (212) 558-4000

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      [ ]   Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
            communications made before the commencement of the tender offer.

            This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9 filed
by NCH Corporation ("NCH"), a Delaware corporation, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on January 7, 2002.
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ITEM 6. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY.

            According to a Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form
4 filed with the SEC for December 2001, Robert L. Blumenthal, a director of
NCH, transferred 2,683 Shares as a gift on December 28, 2001. The closing
trading price for the Shares on that date was $52.25 per Share. In addition,
certain members of the Levy Group engaged in estate-planning transactions
involving their Shares in December 2001, which did not affect their beneficial
ownership of those Shares.  As of January 4, 2002, no other transactions in
Shares had been effected during the past 60 days by NCH or, to the best
knowledge of NCH after a reasonable inquiry, by any executive officer,
director, affiliate or subsidiary of NCH.

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                                    SIGNATURE

            After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


Dated:  January 18, 2002

                                          NCH CORPORATION


                                          By: /s/ Joe Cleveland
                                              ---------------------------------
                                          Name: Joe Cleveland
                                          Title:  Vice President and Secretary


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