DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,150

ROBUR CORPORATION
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA


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 25, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 1900 of District
Lodge 153, on behalf of workers at Robur Corporation, Evansville,
Indiana. The subject firm workers produce gas absorption
chillers (air conditioners).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) was not met.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance in
production declines are attributable to loss of business to an
export customer, thus imports are not a factor in layoffs.










Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Robur
Corporation, Evansville, Indiana, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 15th day of April 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance