DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,891

OSRAM SYLVANIA
ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS

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 February 13, 2003 and filed by a company official
on behalf of workers at OSRAM Sylvania, Electronic Control
Systems Division, Lake Zurich, Illinois. The workers produce
electronic control systems for lighting.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject firm from 2001 to 2002.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
electronic control systems for lighting 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 the electronic control systems
for lighting produced at OSRAM Sylvania, Electronic Control
Systems Division, Lake Zurich, Illinois, contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline
in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of OSRAM Sylvania, Electronic Control Systems
Division, Lake Zurich, Illinois who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
11, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of February 2003.

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