DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,107
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
MEDICAL MOLDING AND ASSEMBLY
MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN

TA-W-52,107A
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
MULTI-SHOT
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN

TA-W-52,107B
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
PRECISION DECORATING
MEDFORD, WISCONSIN

TA-W-52,107C
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
SHORT RUN SOLUTIONS
NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN

TA-W-52,107D
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CENTER
HUDSON, WISCONSIN

TA-W-52,107E
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CENTER - WEST
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-52,107F
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
OPERATIONS CENTER
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN

TA-W-52,107G
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
TECHNOLOGY CENTER
PRESCOTT, WISCONSIN

TA-W-52,107H
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
DETROIT FIELD SALES
FARMINGHAM HILLS, 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 June 20, 2003, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Phillips Plastics
Corporation, Medical Molding & Assembly, Menomonie, Wisconsin (TA-
W-52,107). The investigation was expanded to include Phillips
Plastics Corporation, Multi-Shot, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (TA-W-
52,107A); Phillips Plastics Corporation, Precision Decorating,
Medford, Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107B); Phillips Plastics Corporation,
Short Run Solutions, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107C); Phillips
Plastics Corporation, Design Development Center, Hudson, Wisconsin
(TA-W-52,107D); Phillips Plastics Corporation, Design Development
Center - West, Sunnyvale, California (TA-W-52,107E); Phillips
Plastics Corporation, Operations Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (TA-
W-52,107F); Phillips Plastics Corporation, Technology Center, Eau
Claire, Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107G); and, Phillips Plastics
Corporation, Detroit Field Sales, Farmingham Hills, Michigan (TA-W-
52,107H). The workers produce plastic injection molded parts.
The investigation revealed that criteria I.A and II.A have not
been met.
The "Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)", Section 29, Part
90.2 requires that in work groups 50 or more that a total of five
percent be unemployed or threatened with unemployment. The
investigation revealed that a significant number of workers at
the subject plant have not been laid off (or threatened) with
layoffs for this group with 50 or more employees. Workers of the
subject group did not meet this threshold level of unemployment.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Phillips Plastics Corporation, Medical Molding & Assembly,
Menomonie, Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107); Phillips Plastics
Corporation, Multi-Shot, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107A);
Phillips Plastics Corporation, Precision Decorating, Medford,
Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107B); Phillips Plastics Corporation, Short
Run Solutions, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107C); Phillips
Plastics Corporation, Design Development Center, Hudson,
Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107D); Phillips Plastics Corporation, Design
Development Center - West, Sunnyvale, California (TA-W-52,107E);
Phillips Plastics Corporation, Operations Center, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107F); Phillips Plastics Corporation,
Technology Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (TA-W-52,107G); and,
Phillips Plastics Corporation, Detroit Field Sales, Farmingham
Hills, Michigan (TA-W-52,107H)are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 5th day of August 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance