DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,852

COOKEVILLE STAMPING
FORMERLY COOKEVILLE TOOL & MANUFACTURING, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AMERICAN TRIM LLC
COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 July 22, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Cookeville Stamping,
formerly Cookeville Tool & Manufacturing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of American Trim LLC, Cookeville, Tennessee. The
workers produced steel and metal stampings.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import steel and metal stampings from 1999 through June 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of steel and metal stampings.
This survey revealed no increases in imports of steel and metal
stampings during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Cookeville Stamping, formerly Cookeville Tool & Manufacturing,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Trim LLC, Cookeville,
Tennessee engaged in employment related to the production of steel
and metal stampings, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of September, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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