DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,218

FRANK L. WELLS CO.
KENOSHA, 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 (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 May 19, 2005, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Frank L.
Wells Co., Kenosha, Wisconsin. The workers produce wire working
machinery and wire working machinery repair parts.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm declined from January through April of 2005,
as compared to the same time period the previous year.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of wire working
machinery and wire working machinery repair parts during 2003,
2004, and January through April 2005. These surveys revealed
increased imports of wire working machinery and wire working
machinery repair parts during the period under investigation.
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 facility 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 wire working machinery and
wire working machinery repair parts produced by Frank L. Wells
Co., Kenosha, Wisconsin, contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that facility or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Frank L. Wells Co., Kenosha, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 2004, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 28th day of June, 2005.

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