DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,878

DONCASTERS, INC.
TURBO PRODUCTS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF DONCASTERS, LLC
IVORYTON, CONNECTICUT

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 on July 22, 2002, and filed on
behalf of the workers at Doncasters, Inc., Turbo Products Division,
a subsidiary of Doncasters, LLC, Ivoryton, Connecticut. The
workers at the subject firm produce gas turbine blades and vanes
and are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined absolutely at the subject firm during the
relevant period.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm increased
their imports of gas turbine blades and vanes during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with gas turbine blades and vanes
produced at Doncasters, Inc., Turbo Products Division, a subsidiary
of Doncasters, LLC, Ivoryton, Connecticut, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Doncasters, Inc., Turbo Products Division, a
subsidiary of Doncasters, LLC, Ivoryton, Connecticut, engaged
in employment related to the production of gas turbine blades
and vanes who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 7, 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 27th day of August, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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