DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,031

RANDCO TOOL & DIE, INC.
MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 September 26, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Randco Tool & Die, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania. The
workers at the subject firm produce industrial molds, and are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined in the relevant time
period.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of Randco Tool & Die, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania,
regarding their purchases of industrial molds in 2001, 2002, and
January-September 2003. The survey revealed that a major customer
increased its reliance on imported industrial molds, while
decreasing purchases from the subject firm during the relevant
period.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with industrial molds produced at Randco Tool
& Die, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Randco Tool & Die, Inc., Meadville,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 12, 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, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of November, 2003.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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