DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,034

AMERICAN MOLD AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
FRIDLEY, MINNESOTA

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 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 11, 2002, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at American Mold and Engineering, Fridley, Minnesota. The
workers were engaged in the production of plastic injection molds.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declined
during the relevant period.
A customer survey was generated by the U.S. Department of
Labor and it revealed that the subject firm's major customers
decreased purchases from the subject firm while increasing
foreign purchases of plastic injection molds.
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 plastic injection molds produced by
American Mold and Engineering Company, Fridley, Minnesota,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and
to the total or partial separation of workers. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of American Mold and Engineering Company,
Fridley, Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 18, 2001, through two
years from the date of this certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 28th day of May, 2002


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