DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,489

TRICON INDUSTRIES, INC.
ELECTROMECHANICAL DIVISION
DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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 December 9, 2005, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Tricon
Industries, Inc., Electromechanical Division, Downers Grove,
Illinois. The workers produce custom insert and injection
molded electromechanical components and connectors (i.e. for the
automotive industry).
The preponderance in the decline in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in the production of custom
insert and injection molded electromechanical components and
connectors (i.e. for the automotive industry) to Mexico.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that

the Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act

are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion (2) has not

been met.

The investigation revealed the employees possess skills
that are easily transferable.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with custom insert and
injection molded electromechanical components and connectors
(i.e. for the automotive industry) produced by the subject firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Tricon Industries, Inc., Electromechanical
Division, Downers Grove, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
13, 2004, through two years from the date of certification,
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974;" and
I further determine that all workers of Tricon Industries,
Inc., Electromechanical Division, Downers Grove, Illinois, are
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of December, 2005

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