DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,675

AERO-MOTIVE COMPANY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF WOODHEAD INDUSTRIES, INC.
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or


II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on May 2, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Aero-Motive Company,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodhead Industries, Inc.,
Kalamazoo, Michigan. The workers produce hose and cord reels
and tool balancers.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed negligible company imports of
hose and cord reels and tool balancers from 2001 to 2002, and
during the period of October 2002 through March 2003, when
compared to the same period in the previous years.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject
firm did not shift production of its hose and cord reels or tool
balancers abroad during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of hose and cord
reels and tool balancers. This survey revealed no imports of
hose or cord reels or tool balancers during the period under
investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Aero-
Motive Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodhead
Industries, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 1st day of July, 2003


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