DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,990

ALCON SUMMIT TECHNOLOGY
WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

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 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 March 11, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Alcon Summit
Technology, Waltham, Massachusetts. The workers produced laser
discs.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The company closed its Waltham, Massachusetts facility in
August 2001 and transferred some production to its facility in
Cork, Ireland. Evidence developed in the course of the
investigation revealed that the closing of the facility was due
primarily to technology obsolescence of the laser disc produced at
the subject facility. It further revealed that all of the company's
market demand for the past year and most for the current year was
and will be filled by inventory from the subject facility.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Alcon
Summit Technology, Waltham, Massachusetts are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 29th day of April, 2002


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