DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,002

FLEXTRONICS ENCLOSURES SYSTEMS, INC.
KINGSTON, PENNSYLVANIA


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 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.
It is determined in this case that all of the requirements
have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 11, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Flextronics Enclosures Systems, Inc., Kingston,
Pennsylvania.
Workers are engaged in activity related to the production of
telecommunications enclosure cabinets. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that the subject company ceased
to operate in February 2002.

The investigation also revealed that the subject company did
not import telecommunications enclosure cabinets during the
relevant time period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of
telecommunications enclosure cabinets.
The survey revealed increased customer import purchases of
telecommunications enclosure cabinets during the period of sales
and production decline at the subject company.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition investigation
pending on behalf of the workers at Flextronics Enclosures
Systems, Inc., Kingston, Pennsylvania, NAFTA-5999.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Flextronics
Enclosures Systems, Inc., Kingston, Pennsylvania, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales and production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:





"All workers of Flextronics Enclosures Systems, Inc.,
Kingston, Pennsylvania, engaged in the production of
telecommunications enclosure cabinets, who are totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
January 11, 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 9th day of July 2002.


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