DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,075

ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLAINS, PENNSYLVANIA


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 18, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Altec
Industries, Inc., Plains, Pennsylvania.
Workers are engaged in the production of digger derricks and
aerial devices. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company does not
import digger derricks and aerial devices.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding purchases of digger derricks
and aerial devices during the time periods 2000, 2001, January-
August 2001, and January-August 2002. The survey revealed no
increased customer import purchases during the period of sales
and production decline at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Altec
Industries, Inc., Plains, Pennsylvania, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 1st day November 2002.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance