DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,995

SINTERMET, LLC
KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA

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
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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 10, 2001, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Sintermet,
LLC, Kittanning, Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm
are engaged in employment related to the production of steel mill
equipment such as rod mill rolls, composite (shur-lock rolls)
and steel slitting knives.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject plant decreased in January through September 2001
compared to the same time period of 2000.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of steel mill equipment
such as rod mill rolls, composite (shur-lock rolls) and steel
slitting knives in 1999, 2000, and January through September 2000
and 2001. Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from
the subject firm and increased imports in one or more sets of
time periods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Sintermet,
LLC, Kittanning, 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 Sintermet, LLC, Kittanning, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 22, 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 11th day of February, 2002

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