DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,331

PHB DIE CASTING
A SUBSIDIARY OF PHB, INC.
FAIRVIEW, 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 November 1, 2002 and filed by United Steelworkers of
America, Local 3199-18 on behalf of the workers at PHB Die
Casting, a subsidiary of PHB, Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania. The
workers produce aluminum and zinc die-castings.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001 and also from January
through September 2002 when compared to the same time period in
2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of aluminum and zinc die-
castings during 2000 through 2001 and also January through
October 2001 and 2002. This survey revealed increases in
customer imports of aluminum and zinc die-castings 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 PHB Die
Casting, a subsidiary of PHB, Inc., Fairview, 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 the PHB Die Casting, a subsidiary of PHB,
Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 15,
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 January, 2003.


/s/Linda G. Poole
__________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance