DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,298

KOMAR MANUFACTURING CO.
CLAYSBURG, 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
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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 15, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Komar
Manufacturing Co., Claysburg, Pennsylvania. The workers were
engaged in employment related to the production of electrical
power supply cords for the electrical appliance industry.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject plant decreased during the January to April 2002
period as compared to the January to April 2001 period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of electrical power supply
cords in the 2000-2001 and January to April, 2001-2002 periods.
Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from the
subject firm and increased imports in one or more sets of
periods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Komar
Manufacturing Co., Claysburg, 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 Trade Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers at Komar Manufacturing Co., Claysburg,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 8, 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 22nd day of July, 2002

/s/ Curtis K. Kooser
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CURTIS K. KOOSER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance