DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,794

PROGRESS PATTERN CORPORATION
LIVONIA, MICHIGAN

Certification 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.
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 May 15, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by International Association of Ma-
chinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge PM 2848, on behalf
of workers of Progress Pattern Corporation, Livonia, Michigan.
The workers produce molds, patterns and pattern-related
equipment.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject facility during the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
molds, patterns and pattern-related equipment during 2001, 2002,
and January through May 2003 over the corresponding 2002 period.
The survey revealed that a major customer increased its re-
liance on imported molds, patterns and pattern-related equip-
ment during the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with molds, patterns and pattern-
related equipment produced at Progress Pattern Corporation,
Livonia, Michigan, 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 Progress Pattern Corporation, Livonia,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 1, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of June 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance