DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,045

MODINE MANUFACTURING CO.
HEAVY DUTY AND INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
LAPORTE, INDIANA

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 on March 18, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Modine Manufacturing Company, Heavy Duty and
Industrial Division, LaPorte, Indiana. The workers produce and
assembly radiators.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
05911).
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2001 as compared with 2000 and
in the period of January-March 2002 as compared with the same
period in 2001.


The investigation also revealed that the company is
importing the radiators and will import a substantial portion of
its radiator production from Mexico.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with radiators produced at Modine
Manufacturing Company, Heavy Duty and Industrial Division,
LaPorte, Indiana, 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 Modine Manufacturing Company, Heavy Duty and
Industrial Division, LaPorte, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 27,
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 22nd day of April, 2002.

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