U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,180

WELEX, INC.
BLUE BELL, PENNSYLVANIA


Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration


Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(C) an application for
administrative reconsideration was filed with the Director of the
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance for workers at Welex,
Inc., Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The application did not contain
new information supporting a conclusion that the determination
was erroneous, and also did not provide a justification for
reconsideration of the determination that was based on either
mistaken facts or a misinterpretation of facts or of the law.
Therefore, dismissal of the application was issued.
TA-W-61,180; Welex, Inc.
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania (July 3, 2007)

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of July 2007.


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

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,180

WELEX, INCORPORATED
BLUE BELL, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determinations 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 March 26, 2007 in response to a
petition filed on behalf of workers of Welex, Incorporated, Blue Bell,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce plastic extrusion equipment.
The investigation revealed that criteria I.C and II.B have not been
met.
The subject firm does not import the equipment it produces nor has
it shifted production to any foreign country.
Sales and of plastic extrusion equipment by the subject firm
increased substantially in 2006 compared with 2005 and thus were not
adversely affected by imports.
The dominant cause of worker separations at Blue Bell in early 2007
is the complete transfer of production to another manufactory which is
domestically located.
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 the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that all workers of Welex, Incorporated, Blue Bell,
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.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of April 2007
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance