DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,056

KADANT BLACK CLAWSON
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF KADANT, INC.
MASON, OHIO

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 September 3, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Kadant Black Clawson, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadant, Inc.,
Mason, Ohio. The workers produce stock preparation equipment such
as recyclable paper machinery, pupers, screens, and refiners and
are not separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001 and again
from January to July 2002 when compared to same time period in
2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of stock preparation equipment
such as recyclable paper machinery, pupers, screens, and refiners.
This survey revealed increases in imports of stock preparation
equipment such as recyclable paper machinery, pupers, screens, and
refiners during the period under investigation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Kadant Black
Clawson, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadant, Inc., Mason, Ohio
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 Kadant Black Clawson, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Kadant, Inc., Mason, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 30, 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 24th day of October, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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