DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,653

PORTLAND FORGE
A DIVISION OF TDY INDUSTRIES, INC.
PORTLAND, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 November 28, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Portland
Forge, a division of TDY Industries, Inc., Portland, Indiana.
The workers at the subject firm produce steel forgings; workers
are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased absolutely from January through
November 2003 when compared to the same time period of 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of steel forgings.
This survey revealed increases in imports of steel forgings
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with steel forgings produced at
Portland Forge, a division of TDY Industries, Inc., Portland,
Indiana 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 Portland Forge, a division of TDY
Industries, Inc., Portland, Indiana who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
21, 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 5th day of January, 2004


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