DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,106

PROFILE GROUP LLC
COLDWATER, MICHGIGAN

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.



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 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.

The investigation was initiated on November 15, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Profile
Group LLC, Coldwater, Michigan. The workers produced aluminum
extrusion products.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that during 2001 and 2002, there
were no company imports of aluminum extrusion products, nor a
shift in production from the Coldwater, Michigan plant to a
foreign country.
The petitioners indicate that tooling (dies) were sent from
the Coldwater, Michigan plant to Canada. The investigation
revealed that the production of aluminum extruded products
produced at Profile Group LLC, Coldwater, Michigan, was
transferred to company plants located domestically.
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Profile Group LLC, Coldwater, Michigan, 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 3rd day of March 2003.

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