DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,587

SENSIENT IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(FORMERLY FORMULABS)
INDUSTRIAL INK DIVISION
PIQUA, OHIO

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 19, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sensient Imaging Technologies, Inc., (formerly
Formulabs), Industrial Ink Division, Piqua, Ohio. The workers at
the subject facility produced industrial wire/cable ink; they are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined absolutely with the cessation of production on
November 19, 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject
facility shifted production of industrial wire/cable ink from
Piqua, Ohio to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Sensient Imaging Technologies, Inc., (formerly
Formulabs), Industrial Ink Division, Piqua, Ohio who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after October 28, 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 18th day of December 2003


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