DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,718

BILCO MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
MACON, GEORGIA

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
subdi-vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appro-priate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.



The investigation was initiated on February 4, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Bilco Manufacturing Corporation, Macon, Georgia. The
workers produce wooden shell rolls (also known as wooden cores)
used in fabric wind up.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Bilco Manufacturing does not import wooden shell rolls.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
declining customers regarding their purchases of competitive
products. Results of this survey revealed that customers did not
import wooden shell rolls in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Bilco
Manufacturing Corporation, Macon, Georgia, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of February, 2002


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