DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,015

TECHNEGLAS INC.
COLUMBUS, OHIO

TA-W-58,015 A

TECHNEGLAS INC.
PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination 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. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on September 23, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Techneglas Inc., Columbus, Ohio and Techneglas Inc.,
Pittston, Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firms ship
cathode ray tube glass.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the workers of the two
subject firms do not support the domestic production of any
articles, and that the predominant cause of their separations is
unrelated to imports.
The workers at both locations were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under petition numbers TA-W-
52,924 and TA-W-52,924A which expire today, November 3, 2005.
When the certifications were issued in November 2003, the
workers' firm was producing a product.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firms
underwent reorganization and that through the reorganization the
Pittston, Pennsylvania facility will be completely closed before
its current certification expires, and that the Columbus, Ohio
facility has been reorganized and is no longer the same company.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Techneglas Inc.,
Columbus, Ohio and Techneglas Inc., Pittston, Pennsylvania are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of November 2005


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