DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,376

TECHALLOY COMPANY, INC.
FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS

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 in response to a petition
received on April 22, 2002, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Techalloy Company, Inc., Florence, Massachusetts. The
workers produce stainless steel and nickel-alloy round wire.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined during the period under
investigation.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed reduced purchases from the subject firm and
increases in imports of stainless steel and nickel-alloy round wire
during the relevant period.
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 at Techalloy
Company, Inc., Florence, Massachusetts 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 the Techalloy Company, Inc., Florence,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 4, 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 11th day of July, 2002.





_/s/Edward A. Tomchick________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance