DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,520

OMNITRONICS, LLC
CONNEAUT, OHIO

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 8, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Omnitronics, LLC,
Conneaut, Ohio. The workers at the subject firm produced


microphones, antennas, cables, mounts and meters; they are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2001 to 2002. The
subject firm ceased production in March 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of microphones, antennas, cables, mounts and
meters during the relevant 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 microphones, antennas, cables,
mounts and meters produced at Omnitronics, LLC, Conneaut, Ohio,
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 Omnitronics, LLC, Conneaut, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 29, 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 24th day of March, 2003


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