DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,598

NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP
DANVILLE, 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 sepa
rated;

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

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appro-priate 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 29, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by Independent Lift Truck Builders
Union on behalf of workers at NACCO Material Handling Group,
Inc., Danville, Illinois. The workers produced lift trucks.
The investigation revealed that criteria (2) and (3) have
not been met.
Petitioner allege a transfer of product and the outsourcing
of components to Nijmegen, Netherlands and surrounding area.
According to a company official, the transfer of final
assembly of lift trucks from the subject plant to Nijmegen,
Netherlands will not occur until the third and fourth quarters of
2001. The foreign facility will begin production of products,
like and directly competitive with those produced at the subject
plant, for consumption in U.S. markets in September 2001. Conse
quently, imports from this transfer will not start to arrive in
substantial amounts until October 2001.
According to the company official, most of the front-end and
frame welding production will be transferred to another domestic
company plant.
Sales and production at the subject plant increased in 2000
compared to 1999.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of NACCO
Material Handling Group, Inc., Danville, Illinois are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 2nd day of April, 2001


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