DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,627

MOLTRUP STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY
BEAVER FALLS, 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 eligi-bility 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 June 10, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Moltrup
Steel Products Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The workers
produced cold drawn steel bar.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject plant decreased in 2000-2001 and
January to April 2001-2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of cold drawn steel bar
in 2000-2001 and January to May 2001-2002. Respondents
indicated that they reduced purchases from the subject firm and
either increased imports absolutely or increased their reliance
on imports in the relevant time periods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by Moltrup Steel
Products Company, Beaver Falls, 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 Moltrup Steel Products Company, Beaver
Falls, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 17, 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 19th day of August, 2002



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