DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,004

SPANG AND COMPANY
MAGNETICS DIVISION
EAST BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-50,004A

SPANG AND COMPANY
MAGNETICS DIVISION
BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS

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, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 4, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Spang and Company, Magnetics Division, East Butler,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-50,004) and expanded to include Spang and
Company, Magnetics Division, Booneville, Arkansas (TA-W-
50,004A). The workers at the subject firm produce soft magnetic
cores.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001 and
from January through October of 2002 when compared to the same
time period in 2001.
The Department of Labor conducted a sample survey of the
subject firm's major customers regarding their purchases of soft
magnetic cores during 2000, 2001 and January through October
2002 over the corresponding 2001 period. The survey revealed
that customers increased their reliance on imported soft
magnetic cores 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 soft magnetic cores produced
at Spang and Company, Magnetics Division, East Butler,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-50,004) and Spang and Company, Magnetics
Division, Booneville, Arkansas (TA-W-50,004A), contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production and at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Spang and Company, Magnetics Division, East
Butler, Pennsylvania (TA-W-50,004) and Spang and Company,
Magnetics Division, Booneville, Arkansas (TA-W-50,004A) who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 4, 2001 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of January, 2003.



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance