Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 06/25/2001
Most Recent Update: 09/19/2001
Determination Date: 09/19/2001
Expiration Date:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,499
TESCOM CORPORATION
HIGH PURITY CONTROLS DIVISION
ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA
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 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 25, 2001 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Tescom Corporation, High Purity Controls Division, Elk River, Minnesota. The workers produced regulators and valves.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The petitioners alleged that Tescom Corporation purchased and sold component parts to its European division and that the company opened a production facility in Korea in January 2001.
The company did not import regulators and valves in the relevant period. The company does not expect to import these products until 2002.
According to a company official, layoffs at the subject plant were due to lack of sales and production orders of regulators and valves.
The Department surveyed the major declining customers of Tescom Corporation, High Purity Controls Division, regarding their purchases of regulators and valves during 1999, 2000 and January-March 2001. The survey revealed that none of the respondents increased their purchases of imports while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Tescom Corporation, High Purity Controls Division, Elk River, Minnesota are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of September, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,499
TESCOM CORPORATION
HIGH PURITY CONTROLS DIVISION
ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA
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 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 25, 2001 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Tescom Corporation, High Purity Controls Division, Elk River, Minnesota. The workers produced regulators and valves.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The petitioners alleged that Tescom Corporation purchased and sold component parts to its European division and that the company opened a production facility in Korea in January 2001.
The company did not import regulators and valves in the relevant period. The company does not expect to import these products until 2002.
According to a company official, layoffs at the subject plant were due to lack of sales and production orders of regulators and valves.
The Department surveyed the major declining customers of Tescom Corporation, High Purity Controls Division, regarding their purchases of regulators and valves during 1999, 2000 and January-March 2001. The survey revealed that none of the respondents increased their purchases of imports while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Tescom Corporation, High Purity Controls Division, Elk River, Minnesota are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of September, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance