DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,074

ISOLYSER COMPANY, INC.
MICROTEK MEDICAL, INC.
TRIAD DIVISION
WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 in response to a petition
received on March 18, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Isolyser Company, Inc., Microtek Medical, Inc., Triad Division,
Waynesville, North Carolina. The workers produce disposable
surgical drapes and covers.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined during the relevant time period.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
disposable surgical drapes and covers increased absolutely during
the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with disposable surgical drapes and
covers produced by Isolyser Company, Inc., Microtek Medical, Inc.,
Triad Division, Waynesville, North Carolina, 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 Isolyser Company, Inc., Microtek Medical,
Inc., Triad Division, Waynesville, North Carolina, engaged in
employment related to the production of disposable surgical
drapes and covers, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 4, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 1st day of May, 2002.

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