Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 12/06/2002
Most Recent Update: 01/17/2003
Determination Date: 01/17/2003
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,270
KREUTER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
NEW PARIS, INDIANA
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, 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 December 6, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Kreuter
Manufacturing Co., Inc. New Paris, Indiana. The workers produce
control solutions for the heating, venting and air conditioning
industry.
The investigation revealed that criterion (a) (2) (A) has not
been met.
The subject firm is not importing products like those it
produces at the New Paris facility.
The Department of Labor surveyed the major customer of the
subject firm regarding its purchases of control solutions for the
heating, venting and air conditioning industry (MEP-5200's). The
survey revealed negligible imports of products like or directly
competitive with those purchased from the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Kreuter Manufacturing Co., Inc., New Paris, Indiana 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 17th day of January 2003.
/s/Richard Church______
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance