DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,429
ONKYO AMERICA, INC.
COLUMBUS, INDIANA

TA-W-40,429A
TROY, 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 December 17, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
the workers at Onkyo America, Inc., Columbus, Indiana and Troy,
Michigan. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of speakers used in automobiles, including tractor-
trailers and farm vehicles. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company did not
import speakers during the relevant time period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their import purchases of
speakers. The survey revealed no increased customer purchases of
speakers during the relevant time period.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-Trade Adjustment Assistance
petition investigation pending on behalf of the workers of the
subject company, NAFTA-5601.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Onkyo
America, Inc., Columbus, Indiana and Troy, Michigan, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day May 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment