DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,717

IMI CORNELIUS, INC.
ANOKA, MINNESOTA

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 June 24, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at IMI
Cornelius, Inc., Anoka, Minnesota. The workers produce beverage
dispensing equipment and are not separately identifiable by product
line.


The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined during the relevant period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that company imports
of beverage dispensing equipment increased absolutely during the
relevant period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-6449).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with beverage dispensing equipment
produced by IMI Cornelius, Inc., Anoka, Minnesota, 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 IMI Cornelius, Inc., Anoka, Minnesota engaged
in employment related to the production of beverage dispensing
equipment, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 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 9th day of September, 2002.

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