Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/01/2003
Filed Date: 03/02/2004
Most Recent Update: 04/21/2004
Determination Date: 04/21/2004
Expiration Date: 04/21/2006
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,391
QUAD TOOL & DESIGN, INC.
KEWASKUM, WISCONSIN
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 March 2, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Quad Tool & Design, Inc., Kewaskum, Wisconsin. The workers at the
subject firm produced aluminum diescast dies and plastic injection
molds; workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed sales, production, and employment
at the subject firm with its closure on February 23, 2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of aluminum diecast
dies and plastic injection molds. This survey revealed an increase
in imports of aluminum diecast dies and plastic injection molds
from 2002 to 2003.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with aluminum diecast dies and plastic
injection molds produced by Quad Tool & Design, Inc., Kewaskum,
Wisconsin, 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 Quad Tool & Design, Inc., Kewaskum, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 1, 2003, 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 19th day of April 2004.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance