DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,865

I & H ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, INC.
GAYLORD, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, an
investigation was initiated on March 19, 2001, in response to a
worker petition which was filed by the United Automobile Workers
(UAW) Local 388, on behalf of workers at I & H Engineered Systems
Inc., Gaylord, Michigan.
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 March 19, 2001 in re-
sponse to a petition filed by the United Automobile Workers (UAW)
Local 388, on behalf of workers at I & H Engineered Systems Inc.,
Gaylord, Michigan. Workers were engaged in manufacturing
coolers, pasteurizers, and conveyors for the food & beverage
industry. The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not
been met.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the Gaylord, Michigan plant declined to zero in
October 2000, when the subject firm closed permanently.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of I & H Engineered Systems Inc. regarding their
purchases of coolers, pasteurizers, and conveyors in 1999, 2000,
and the first-quarter 2001. The survey revealed that no respond-
ent reported importing coolers, pasteurizers, or conveyors while
decreasing purchases from the subject firm during the relevant
time period.

The investigation further revealed that I & H Engineered
Systems Inc., Gaylord, Michigan did not import articles that were
like or directly competitive with the articles produced at the
subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of I & H
Engineered Systems Inc., Gaylord, Michigan are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of May, 2001.




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