DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,922

TESSY PLASTICS CORPORATION
ELBRIDGE, 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 September 4, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Tessy
Plastics Corporation, Elbridge, New York. The workers are
engaged in the manufacture of custom injection molded products
for copiers and printers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company im-
ports of articles like or directly competitive with the custom
injection molded products produced by Tessy Plastics Corpora-
tion, Elbridge, New York.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of Tessy Plastics Corporation, Elbridge, New York,
regarding their purchases of molded plastic parts in 1999, 2000,
and in January-September 2001. The survey revealed that no
respondent reported importing molded plastic parts while
decreasing purchases from the subject firm during the relevant
time period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Tessy
Plastics Corporation, Elbridge, New York are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 12th day of April, 2001.

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