DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,402

INSTRON-SATEC SYSTEMS
GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA

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 in response to a petition
received on April 22, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Instron-Satec Systems, Grove City, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce universal hydraulic testing machines.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company im-
ports of articles like or directly competitive with the
universal hydraulic testing machines produced at Instron-Satec
Systems, Grove City, Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of Instron-Satec Systems, Grove City, Pennsylvania,
regarding their purchases of universal hydraulic testing
machines in 2000, 2001, and the first-quarter of 2002. The
survey revealed that no respondent reported importing any uni-
versal hydraulic testing machines while decreasing purchases
from the subject firm during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Instron-Satec Systems, Grove City, Pennsylvania are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 19th day of July, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance