DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,193

DAP TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
PLATTSBURGH SERVICE CENTER
PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on May 17, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by on behalf of workers of DAP
Technologies Corporation, Plattsburgh Service Center,
Plattsburgh, New York. The workers provided repair and
maintenance services for handheld computers purchased by
customers of DAP Technologies Ltd., Quebec, Canada.
The predominant cause of layoff at the subject site was due
to a transfer in maintenance and repair services to Canada.
The investigation also revealed that DAP Technologies
Corporation, Plattsburgh Service Center, Plattsburgh, New York,
does not produce an article within the meaning of Section
222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose
behalf certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must
be a relationship between the workers' work and the article
produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The
workers do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically and thus the worker group can
not be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of DAP
Technologies Corporation, Plattsburgh Service Center,
Plattsburgh, New York are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 24th day of June, 2005.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance