DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,912

KENNAMETAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF KENNAMETAL, INC.
PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS

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 March 4, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Kennametal Industrial Product Group, a Subsidiary of
Kennametal, Inc., Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The workers are engaged
in employment related to the production of drill bits.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Drill bits are not being imported by Kennametal.
A survey was conducted of the subject firms' major
customers regarding their purchases of drill bits. The survey
did not reveal increased purchases of drill bits from foreign
sources.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the Kennametal Industrial
Product Group, a Subsidiary of Kennametal, Inc., Pine Bluff,
Arkansas (NAFTA-5655).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Kennametal industrial Product Group, a Subsidiary of Kennametal,
Inc., Pine Bluff, Arkansas, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of March, 2002


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