DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,889

WISNE AUTOMATION AND ENGINEERING CO.
NOVI, MICHIGAN

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 August 27, 2001, in response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at Wisne Automation and Engineering Co., Novi, Michigan. Workers were engaged in activities related to the production of automated capital equipment for the auto industry.


This investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The investigation revealed that the declines in sales, production and employment at the subject firm result from a downturn in the automotive industry that has caused current demand for this type of product to vanish. There are no competitive bids for the subject firm to respond to and no imports of automated capital equipment for the auto industry causing worker separations at the subject firm.
The company did not import automated capital equipment during the relevant period.
The workers are under an existing investigation for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance. The identifying number is NAFTA-5184.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Wisne Automation and Engineering Co., Novi, Michigan, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 17th day of September, 2001.


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance