DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,509

SENSIENT COLORS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
CROMPTON CORPORATION
BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA

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 in response to a petition
initiated on January 7, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Sensient Colors, Inc., a subsidiary of
Sensient Technologies Corporation, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. The
workers produce chemicals and dyes.
The investigation revealed that the workers wages are
reported under the unemployment insurance account for Crompton
Corporation.
The investigation also revealed that sales and employment
declined at the subject firm from 2001 to 2002.
Furthermore, company imports of chemicals and dyes
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 chemicals and dyes produced at
Sensient Colors, Inc., a subsidiary of Sensient Technologies
Corporation, Crompton Corporation, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
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 Sensient Colors, Inc., a subsidiary of
Sensient Technologies Corporation, Crompton Corporation,
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 20, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of January 2003



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