DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,810

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
SPECIALTY ALLOYS OPERATIONS
READING, PENNSYLVANIA
AND
INCLUDING SALES SERVICE CENTERS OPERATING AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
TA-W-39,810A COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA
TA-W-39,810B EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
TA-W-39,810C DULUTH, GEORGIA
TA-W-39,810D DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
TA-W-39,810E AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN
TA-W-39,810F NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO
TA-W-39,810G FT. WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
TA-W-39,810H HOUSTON, TEXAS

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 has been determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 13, 2001, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Carpenter Technology Corporation, Specialty Alloys Operations, Reading, Pennsylvania, and workers at sales service


centers in Costa Mesa, California; East Hartford, Connecticut; Duluth, Georgia; Downers Grove, Illinois; Auburn Hills, Michigan; North Olmsted, Ohio; Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania; and Houston, Texas. The workers in Reading are engaged in employment related to the production of stainless steel bar, rod and wire.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and employment at the subject facilities decreased during the period under investigation.
Unites States aggregate imports of stainless steel wire were very high, over 184 percent of U.S. domestic shipments in 2000. Imports increased both absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments in 2000 compared with 1999, and increased both absolutely and relatively in January to July, 2001 compared to the same period of 2000.
United States imports of stainless steel wire rod also were very high, over 280 percent of U.S. domestic shipments in 2000, and imports increased both absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments in 2000 compared with 1999. In January to July, 2001, imports continued to increase relative to U.S. shipments.
United States imports of stainless steel bar increased in 2000 compared with 1999 both absolutely and relative to domestic shipments. Imports remained at a high level, over 82 percent of shipments, in January to July of 2001.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with stainless steel bar, rod and wire produced by Carpenter Technology Corporation, Specialty Alloys Operations, Reading, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Carpenter Technology Corporation, Specialty Alloys Operations, Reading, Pennsylvania, including workers employed at sales service centers in Costa Mesa, California; East Hartford, Connecticut; Duluth, Georgia; Downers Grove, Illinois; Auburn Hills, Michigan; North Olmsted, Ohio; Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania; and Houston, Texas, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after July 30, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 13th day of November, 2001


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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