DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,043

DYNAGEAR, INC.
MANLEY VALVE DIVISION
YORK, 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, 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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 8, 2002 and filed a company official on behalf
of workers at Dynagear, Inc., Manley Valve division, York,
Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm produced engine
valves.
The investigation revealed sales, production, and employment
declined from 2000 to 2001 and during the period of January through
October 2002, when compared to the same period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of engine valves. This survey
revealed increases in imports of engine valves during the period
under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with engine valves produced at
Dynagear, Inc., Manley Valve division, York, Pennsylvania
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 Dynagear, Inc., Manley Valve division, York,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 5, 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, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of December, 2002



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