As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2001
                                                Registration No. 333-44972
==============================================================================
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
                    -----------------------------------

                       POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1


                                     TO


                                  FORM S-8
                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                   UNDER
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                    -----------------------------------
                           ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Indiana                                              35-0957603
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                          Identification Number)

                           800 East Eighth Street
                            Post Office Box 1208
                       New Albany, Indiana 47151-1208
                     (Address of registrant's principal
                             executive offices)

         2000 EMPLOYEE AND NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                          (Full title of the plan)

                              Gregg M. Larson
                                 Secretary
                           Robinson Nugent, Inc.
                           800 East Eighth Street
                            Post Office Box 1208
                       New Albany, Indiana 47151-1208
                               (812) 945-0211
         (Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Pursuant  to Rule  478(a)(4)  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended,  Robinson Nugent,  Inc. hereby withdraws from  registration  under
this  Registration  Statement any and all shares of Robinson  Nugent Common
Shares originally registered hereunder which have not been issued. The 2000
Robinson Nugent, Inc. Employee and Non-Employee  Director Stock Option Plan
pursuant to which the shares would have been issued,  has either expired by
its terms or been  terminated  and no  additional  options may be issued or
sold under such plan.




                                 SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  Robinson
Nugent,  Inc.  certifies that it has reasonable  grounds to believe that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused
this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 1 to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the City of New York, State of
New York, on February 21, 2001.

                                          ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.


                                          By: /s/ Gregg M. Larson
                                             ------------------------
                                              Gregg M. Larson
                                              Secretary

     Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 1 has  been  signed  below by the  following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


      NAME                      TITLE                             DATED
      ----                      -----                             -----

/s/ John Woodruff
- -------------------------    President and Sole Director    February 21, 2001
John Woodruff

/s/ Michael Stevens          Vice President                 February 21, 2001
- -------------------------
Michael Stevens

/s/ Gregg M. Larson          Secretary                      February 21, 2001
- -------------------------
Gregg M. Larson

/s/ Jan Yeomans              Treasurer                      February 21, 2001
- -------------------------
Jan Yeomans