DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,248

KASPER MACHINE COMPANY, INC
MADISON HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN

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 the workers at Kasper Machine Company, Inc., Madison
Heights, Michigan. The workers produce specialty turning and
boring equipment. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001 and
also from January through September of 2002 when compared to
January through September of 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of specialty turning and
boring equipment. This survey revealed increases in customer
imports of specialty turning and boring equipment during the
relevant time 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 Kasper
Machine Company, Inc., Madison Heights, Michigan 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 the Kasper Machine Company, Inc., Madison
Heights, Michigan, engaged in employment related to the
production of specialty turning and boring equipment, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 18, 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 7th day of November, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

__________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance