DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,420

APEX SYSTEMS, INC.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 11, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Apex
Systems, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado. The workers produce
optical test media equipment.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased during the period under
investigation. The investigation also revealed that the company shifted its
optical test media equipment production abroad. Company imports
increased in the relevant period causing separations at the
subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with optical test media equipment at Apex
Systems, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, contributed impor-

tantly to the decline in sales or and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Apex Systems, Inc., Colorado Springs,
Colorado, who became totally or partially separated from em-

ployment on or after November 28, 1999, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of February, 2001.


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