DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,355

ADVANCE TRANSFORMER
A DIVISION OF PHILIPS LIGHTING
BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN

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 August 2, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Advance Transformer, a division of Philips Lighting, Boscobel,
Wisconsin. Workers are engaged in the production of high intensity
discharge (HID) ballasts.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance on August 12, 2002 (TA-W-41,110).
That certification expires August 12, 2004.
This investigation revealed that anticipated declines in
employment at the subject facility are related to a shift in
production of HID ballasts to a country (Mexico) that is a party to
a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 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 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 Advance Transformer, a division of Philips
Lighting, Boscobel, Wisconsin who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 13, 2004, the
date of expiration of the previous certification, through two
years from the date of this 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 12th day of August, 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance