DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,076

CLARION SINTERED METALS, INC.
RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA

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 18, 2002 and filed on behalf of workers at
Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc., Ridgway, Pennsylvania. The
workers produce powdered metal components (used in automotive
industry, i.e., shocks, muffler systems).
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declined
during the relevant period.
The United States Department of Labor conducted a customer
survey of the subject firm's customers. It was revealed that
customers increased import purchases of powdered metal components
while reducing purchases from the subject firm.
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 powdered metal components produced at
Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc., Ridgway, Pennsylvania, 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 Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc., Ridgway,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 08, 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 3rd day of May, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance