DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,749

THE HAHN EQUIPMENT COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE TORO COMPANY
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

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 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:
(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 July 1, 2002, in response
to a petition filed by United Automobile, Aerospace, Agricultural
Implement Works of America ((UAW), Region 3 on behalf of
workers at The Hahn Equipment Company, a subsidiary of The Toro
Company, Evansville, Indiana. The workers produced commercial
turf sprayers and landscape contractor equipment.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production of
sprayers and landscape contractor equipment domestically.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm did
not experience a declining customer base during the relevant
period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm did
not import commercial turf sprayers and landscape contractor
equipment during the relevant period.
A NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment petition has been filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA 6199).


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at The
Hahn Equipment Company, a subsidiary of The Toro Company,
Evansville, Indiana, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 4th day of September, 2002

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance