DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,918

NORTHFIELD ACQUISTION CO. d/b/a SHELDAHL
CIRCUITRY ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT
NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA

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 on February 19, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by the Minnesota TAA Representative on
behalf of workers in the Circuitry Assembly Department of
Northfield Acquisition Co., d/b/a Sheldahl, Northfield, Minnesota.
The workers produce electronic circuits.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm increased its
reliance on imported circuits that were assembled in foreign
locales while reducing the employment and production levels at
Northfield, Minnesota.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with assembled circuits produced at
Northfield Acquisition Co., d/b/a Sheldahl, Northfield, Minnesota
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 in the Circuitry Assembly Department at
Northfield Acquisition Co., d/b/a Sheldahl, Northfield,
Minnesota who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 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 26th day of February 2003.


/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance