DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,128

UFE INCORPORATED
RIVER FALLS MOLDING DIVISION
RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 December 3, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of UFE Incorporated, River Falls Molding Division, River
Falls, Wisconsin. The workers at the subject firm produce
injection molded plastic components and parts; workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined from 2003 to during the period of January through November
2004.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
shifted a portion of its production of injection molded plastic
components and parts from River Falls, Wisconsin to a country
(Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States.
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 UFE Incorporated, River Falls Molding
Division, River Falls, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 3, 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 4th day of January 2005

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance