DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,693

ITW CHEMTRONICS
KENNESAW, GEORGIA

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, 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 April 8, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of ITW
Chemtronics, Kennesaw, Georgia. The workers produce wick
winding bobbin process (i.e. packaging large spools of wire).
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
firm will decline from January through June 2004 compared to
2003.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of wick
winding bobbin process (i.e. packaging large spools of wire) to
Mexico.
In addition, 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 workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.












Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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:
"Workers of ITW Chemtronics, Kennesaw, Georgia engaged in
employment related to wick winding bobbin process (i.e.
packaging large spools of wire) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 7,
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 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 2nd day of June 2004.



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