DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,656

HANCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF RENAISSANCE INDUSTRIES, INC.
TORONTO, OHIO

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 June 17, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America, Local
3703 on behalf of workers at Hancock Manufacturing Company, a
subsidiary of Renaissance Industries, Inc., Toronto, Ohio. The
workers produced deep draw stampings and compressor shells and are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import deep draw stampings or compressor shells during the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of deep draw
stampings and compressor shells during the period under
investigation. The survey revealed that none of the customers
purchased imported deep draw stampings or compressor sheels.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Hancock
Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of Renaissance Industries,
Inc., Toronto, Ohio, engaged in employment related to the
production of deep draw stampings and compressor shells, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of September, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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