DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,263

OMG FIDELITY INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE OM GROUP, INC.
NEWARK, 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 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
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
initiated on December 6, 2002 and filed by the New Jersey State
Workforce Agency on behalf of workers at OMG Fidelity, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of the OM Group, Inc., Newark, New
Jersey. The workers produced plating chemicals.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production declined at the subject firm from 2000 to 2001 and
again from January to November 2002 when compared with the same
period in 2001.
The investigation also revealed that imports of plating
chemicals by the subject firm increased 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 planting chemicals produced at
OMG Fidelity, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the OM Group,
Inc., Newark, New Jersey contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production and at that firm. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of OMG Fidelity, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of the OM Group, Inc., Newark, New Jersey who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 4, 2002 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 24th day of January 2003.


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