DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,608

ADVANCED FLEX, INC.
MINNETONKA, 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
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 July 9, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by workers at Advanced Flex, Inc. in
Minnetonka, Minnesota. The workers produced printed circuit
boards for computers.

The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Investigation findings show that from 1999 to 2000, sales
and employment at Advanced Flex, Inc. increased. A decline in
sales and employment at the subject firm occurred in January
through June 2001.
Other investigation findings revealed that the production of
printed circuit boards at the subject firm plant is being reduced
as the result of the recent decline in demand for those articles,
not as the result of a declining customer base.
Conclusion

After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Advanced Flex, Inc., in Minnetonka, Minnesota, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of July, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole


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