DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,110

ADVANCE TRANSFORMER
DIVISION OF PHILIPS LIGHTING
BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN

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 eli-
gibility 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 25, 2002, filed on behalf of workers at Advance
Transformer, a division of Philips Lighting, Boscobel, Wisconsin.
The workers produced high intensity discharge (HID) ballasts for
stadium lights.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in production and levels of employment.
The investigation also showed that the subject firm has
increased its imports of high intensity discharge (HID) ballasts
for stadium lights.
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 those produced by Advance Transformer, a
division of Philips Lighting, Boscobel, Wisconsin, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales and production and to the total
or partial separation of workers of the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers at Advance Transformer, a division of
Philips Lighting, Boscobel, Wisconsin, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
February 12, 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 12th day of August 2002.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance