DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,493

MOLTECH POWER SYSTEMS
A SUSIDIARY OF MOLTECH HOLDING CORPORATION
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

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 or subdivision 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 on January 6, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Moltech Power Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Moltech Holding
Corporation, Gainesville, Florida. The workers at the subject firm
produce NiCd and NiMh rechargeable batteries and are not separately
identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2001 to
2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
NiCd and NiMh rechargeable batteries increased absolutely during
the relevant period.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified eligible
to apply for trade adjustment assistance under petition number
TA-W-38,071, which expired on December 11, 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with NiCd and NiMh rechargeable
batteries at Moltech Power Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Moltech
Holding Corporation, Gainesville, Florida contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Moltech Power Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of
Moltech Holding Corporation, Gainesville, Florida, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 12, 2002, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of January, 2003

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