DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,640

THE TIMKEN COMPANY
CANTON, OHIO

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 is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified through
October 13, 2001 (TA-W-35,864).
The investigation was initiated on January 28, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 1123, on behalf of workers at The Timken Company, Canton,
Ohio. Workers at the Canton facility produce tapered roller
bearings and specialty steel bars and tubing. Workers are
separately identifiable between steel and bearing production. A
substantial portion of steel production is used in the production
of bearings at the plant.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject facility decreased in both product
categories during the period under investigation.
Imports of bearings by the Company increased as a percent of
sales and production in 2001 compared with 2000 contributing to
separations at the plant.
United States aggregate imports of cold-rolled alloy steel
bar increased both absolutely and relative to domestic shipments
in 2001 compared with 2000; imports of hot rolled alloy steel bar
also increased relative to domestic shipments in the same time
period.
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 those produced by The Timken Company,
Canton, Ohio, 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 The Timken Company, Canton, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 14, 2001, 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 June 2002


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