DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,094

SPECTRUM CONTROL, INC.
POWER TECHNOLOGIES GROUP
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 9, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Spectrum Control, Inc., Power Technologies Group, Erie,
Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm produced power
distribution units (PDUs).
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely during the
relevant period. The subject firm closed in September of 2002.
The investigation further revealed that corporate-wide imports
of PDUs increased during the relevant period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-6513).


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with PDUs produced at Spectrum Control,
Inc., Power Technologies Group, Erie, Pennsylvania, 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 Spectrum Control, Inc., Power Technologies
Group, Erie, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 15, 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 4th day of October, 2002.



/s/Linda G. Poole___________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance