DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,443

KURDZIEL INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
WAUSEON, OHIO

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
eligibility 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
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 June 18, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Kurdziel Industrial
Coatings, Wauseon, Ohio. The workers produced gray iron
counterweights.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met. The Department conducted a survey of major declining
customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of
counterweight castings in 1999, 2000 and January-March 2001. The
survey revealed that the respondent which decreased its purchases
from the subject firm and increased purchases of imported
counterweight castings in the relevant period accounted for an
insignificant percentage of the subject firm's sales in the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Kurdziel Industrial Coatings, Wauseon, Ohio are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of July, 2001

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance