DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,244

X-CELL TOOL & DIE, INC.
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 15, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at X-Cell Tool & Mold, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania.
The workers produce plastic injection molds.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined in the most recent reported period.
A Department of Labor survey of major customers of the subject
firm revealed that respondents increased their reliance on imported
molds while reducing purchases from X-Cell Tool & Mold, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with plastic injection molds produced at X-Cell
Tool & Mold, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania 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 X-Cell Tool & Mold, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 23, 2001 are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 4th day of November 2002

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance