DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,965

INGERSOLL MILLING MACHINE COMPANY
HIGH VELOCITY MACHINE DIVISION
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 April 2, 2001, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Ingersoll
Milling Machine Company, High Velocity Machine Division,
Rockford, Illinois. The workers were engaged in employment
related to the production of high velocity machines.
The current investigation revealed that criterion (3) has
not been met.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment is related to the company absorbing the
subject division into another company division during the
relevant period. The company attempted to import the high
velocity machines from a foreign source, but that never
materialized.
The company eliminated the production of high velocity
machinery and replaced it with production of machinery which
greater meets the needs of their customers.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, High Velocity Machine
Division, Rockford, Illinois engaged in activities related to the
production of high velocity machines are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of April, 2001

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