DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,553

INGERSOLL MILLING MACHINE COMPANY
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on January 16, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Ingersoll
Milling Machine Company, Rockford, Illinois. Workers were
engaged in activities related to the production of engine
transfer line (machine tools). The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey to examine
the company's lost bids from potential foreign and domestic
competitors. The survey was administered to customers and/or
potential customers of the company. The survey revealed that
none of the respondents awarded contracts to foreign sources
during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm did
not import engine transfer lines (machine tools) during the
relevant period.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of the workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-
4473).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, Rockford, Illinois are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of March, 2001.


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