DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,136

EDGERTON FORGE, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF AVIS INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
EDGERTON, OHIO

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 October 3, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by International Brotherhood of Boilermakers,
Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB), Local
M301 on behalf of workers at Edgerton Forge, Inc., a subsidiary of
Avis Industrial Corporation, Edgerton, Ohio. The workers at the
subject firm produce vehicle steering components and wheel
wrenches.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import vehicle steering components and wheel wrenches from 2001 to
2002 or during the period of January through September, 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did not shift production of its vehicle steering components and
wheel wrenches abroad during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of vehicle steering
components and wheel wrenches. This survey revealed no import
purchases of vehicle steering components and wheel wrenches during
the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Edgerton
Forge, Inc., a subsidiary of Avis Industrial Corporation, Edgerton,
Ohio are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of November, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance