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TAW-39794  /  M/A-Com Ceram Buffalom (Buffalo, NY)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 08/13/2001
Most Recent Update: 01/08/2002
Determination Date: 01/08/2002
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,794

M/A-COM CERAM BUFFALO
BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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 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 August 13, 2001 in response to a petition filed on behalf of all workers at M/A-Com Ceram Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. The workers are engaged in employment related to the production, research, and development of aluminum nitride powder and titanium diboride powder.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company does not import aluminum nitride powder and titanium diboride powder.
The investigation also revealed that several separated workers were engaged in the research and development of aluminum nitride powder and titanium diboride powder.
The investigation also revealed that the subject company's major customers of aluminum nitride powder and titanium diboride powder were located abroad and that the aluminum nitride powder and titanium diboride powder was primarily exported.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of M/A-Com Ceram Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of January 2002.


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