DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,222

EHV-WEIDMANN INDUSTRIES, INC
A SUBSIDIARY OF WICOR AMERICAS
ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 7, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at EHV-
Weidmann Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Wicor Americas, St.
Johnsbury, Vermont. The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of electrical insulation boards and components.
The workers at the subject firm are not separately identifiable by
product line.
Investigative findings revealed that subject firm's sales,
production and employment declined in January through September
2002, as compared with the same time period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of electrical insulation boards
and components during 2000, 2001 and January through September
2002. The survey revealed that a major customer increased their
imports of electrical insulation boards and components, while
decreasing their purchases from the subject firm during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at EHV-Weidmann
Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Wicor Americas, St. Johnsbury,
Vermont contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:







"All workers of EHV-Weidmann Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of
Wicor Americas, St. Johnsbury, Vermont who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September 17,
2001, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 25th day of November, 2002.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance