DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-50,060
GKN SINTER METALS
GALLIPOLIS, OHIO

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm firm, have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which
are produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.


The investigation was initiated on November 13, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the Automobile, Aerospace, and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union;
Local 1685 on behalf of workers at GKN Sinter Metals,
Gallipolis, Ohio. The workers at the subject firm produce
forged powder metal products.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II. C.1) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001, but increased in
January through October 2002 when compared to the same time
period of the previous year.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
did not import forged powder metal products, nor was production
shifted from the workers' firm to a foreign country.
The Department surveyed the subject firm's major declining
customers regarding their purchases of forged powder metal
products in 2000, 2001, and January through October of 2001 and
2002. The survey revealed that customers did not purchase
imports during the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of GKN
Sinter Metals, Gallipolis, Ohio are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of December 2002


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