DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,153

INDUSTRIAL ENGRAVING AND MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
PULASKI, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), 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 June 28, 2004, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Industrial Engraving and Manufacturing Corporation, Pulaski,
Wisconsin. The workers at the subject firm produce printing
equipment (e.g.- embossing rolls, converting equipment, printing
presses).
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2002 to 2003 and again
from January through May 2004 compared to the same period in 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of printing equipment
during 2002, 2003 and January through May 2004 over the
corresponding 2003 period. The survey revealed increased imports of
printing equipment by the subject firm's major declining customer
during the period under investigation.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
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 of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with printing equipment produced at
the subject firm contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Industrial Engraving and Manufacturing
Corporation, Pulaski, Wisconsin who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 24, 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 15th day of July, 2004.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance