DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,673

VOLTARC TECHNOLOGIES, INC., INC.
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT

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), as amended, 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 June 13, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of Voltarc Technologies, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut.
Workers at the subject firm manufacture lamps and lighting
components. Workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined from 2005 to 2006, and
during the period of January through May 2007, when compared to the
same time period in 2006.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
lamps and lighting components in 2005, 2006, January through May
2006, and January through May 2007. The surveys revealed
increases in imports of lamps and lighting components during the
period under investigation.
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 articles
like or directly competitive with lamps and lighting components
produced by Voltarc Technologies, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Voltarc Technologies, Inc., Waterbury,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 12, 2006 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 2nd day of August 2007



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