DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,479

SPECTRUM CONTROL INC.
FAIRVIEW, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on June 25, 2001, filed on behalf of workers at Spectrum Control Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania. The workers are engaged in the production of EMI filtered connectors.

The investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject firm declined in December-April 2001 compared with the same period in 2000.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm shifted production to an offshore facility, and increased its imports of EMI filtered connectors during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with EMI filtered connectors produced at Spectrum Control Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Spectrum Control Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 01, 2000, through two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 25th day of October, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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