DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,905

PENN COMPRESSION MOULDING INC.
IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-41,905A

PENN COMPRESSION MOULDING INC.
LIBERTY, SOUTH CAROLINA


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 29, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Penn
Compression Moulding, Inc., Irwin, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
41,905) and Penn Compression Moulding, Inc., Liberty, South
Carolina (TA-W-41,905A). The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of electrical and
plastic components for power tools.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not
been met.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firms'
major customers regarding their purchases of electrical and
plastic components for power tools during 2000, 2001 and
January through June 2002. The survey revealed that none
of the customers increased their imports of electrical and
plastic components during the period under investigation.
The subject firm did not import electrical and plastic
components like or directly competitive with what the
subject firm produced during the relevant period.




Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Penn Compression Moulding, Inc., Irwin, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
41,905) and Penn Compression Moulding, Inc., Liberty, South
Carolina (TA-W-41,905A) are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 13th day of September, 2002



/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
____________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance