UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION  AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION  UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF
THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                        Commission File Number: 001-03940
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                            National-Standard Company
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    1618 Terminal Road, Niles Michigan 49120
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          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Common Stock, par value $.01
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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   (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                     under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

         Please  place an X in the box(es) to  designate  the  appropriate  rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

               Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   |X|      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)     |X|
               Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  |_|      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    |_|
               Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   |_|      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)     |_|
               Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  |_|      Rule 12h-3(b((2)(ii)    |_|
                                              Rule 15d-6              |_|

         Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date:         one (1)
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         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934
National-Standard  Company has caused this  certification/notice to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


Date:    September 22, 2000                By:      /s/ Stanley H. Meadows
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                                                    Assistant Secretary