DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,191

REFLEXITE DISPLAY OPTICS
A DIVISION OF FRESNEL OPTICS INC.
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

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 on behalf of workers at Reflexite
Display Optics, a Division of Fresnel Optics, Inc., Rochester,
New York. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of retroreflective and optical products.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Retroreflective and optical products are not being imported
by the subject company. The majority of the subject company's
customer base is foreign.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Reflexite Display Optics, a Division of Fresnel Optics, Inc.,
Rochester, New York., are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 13th day of May, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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