DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,102

MMG NORTH AMERICA
A SUBSIDIARY OF TT ELECTRONICS
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY

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 15, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the State Workforce Agency (New
Jersey) on behalf of the workers at MMG North America, a
subsidiary of TT Electronics, Paterson, New Jersey. The workers
produce soft ferrite cores. 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 October of 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 soft ferrite cores. This
survey revealed increases in customer imports of soft ferrite
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 those produced at MMG North
America, a subsidiary of TT Electronics, Paterson, New Jersey
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 MMG North America, a subsidiary of TT
Electronics, Paterson, New Jersey who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 7,
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 16th day of December, 2002.


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