DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,779

MOLDEX CORPORATION
TOOL SHOP
MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 February 2, 2006 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of Moldex Corporation, Tool
Shop, Meadville, Pennsylvania. The workers produce plastic
injection molds and are separately identifiable from those outside
the Tool Shop producing plastic items at the location.
The investigation revealed that production injection molds
virtually stopped at the end of 2005 causing separations related to
that production. The subject firm is leaving the plastic injection
molds business to concentrate in the injection molding business.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major customers regarding their purchases of plastic
injection molds in 2004, 2005, and January through February 2006.
The survey revealed increased purchases from abroad accompanied by
a decrease in purchases from the subject firm in the latter period.
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 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 firm 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 injection
molds like or directly competitive produced by Moldex Corporation,
Tool Shop, Meadville, Pennsylvania, contributed to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Moldex Corporation, Tool Shop, Meadville,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 2, 2005 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 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 1st day of March, 2006



/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance