DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,032

BARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
BRYAN, OHIO

Notice of Determinations 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 in response to a petition
received on March 11, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Bard Manufacturing Company, Bryan, Ohio. The workers produce
heating & air conditioning equipment.
It has been determined with respect to workers producing air
conditioning coils that all of the criteria have been met.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined in 2001 compared with 2000, and continued
to decline in January and February of 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased its imports of air conditioning coils during the
relevant period.
It has been determined with respect to workers engaged in the
production of finished full units, that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
finished full units produced by Bard Manufacturing Company,
Bryan, Ohio during the relevant period.
Investigative findings further revealed that the production
of full finished units at Bard Manufacturing Company, Bryan, Ohio
was transferred to another company-owned domestic plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the air conditioning coils produced at
Bard Manufacturing Company, Bryan, Ohio, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or 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 Bard Manufacturing Company, Bryan, Ohio,
engaged in employment related to the production of air
conditioning coils who became totally or partially sepa-
rated from employment on or after January 10, 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."
"I further determine that all workers at Bard Manufacturing
Company, Bryan, Ohio, engaged in employment related to the
production of finished full units are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 25th day of June 2002.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance