DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,021

KRYPTONITE CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY
CANTON, 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
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 11, 2002, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Kryptonite Corporation, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company,
Canton, Massachusetts. Workers provide various administrative
services in support of the production of bicycle and motorcycle
locks as well as participate in the final assembly of those
products.


The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed no imports of the assembled
bicycle and motorcycle locks.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Kryptonite Corporation, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand Company,
Canton, Massachusetts engaged in employment related to the final
assembly of bicycle and motorcycle locks and various other
administrative services, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of March, 2002.




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