DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,102

NORTHERN ENGRAVING CORPORATION
LANSING DIVISION
LANSING, IOWA

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 September 9, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers Northern
Engraving, Lansing, Iowa. The workers produce metal stampings.

The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import metal stampings during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firms' major declining customer regarding their purchases of metal
stampings during 2000, 2001 and January through September 2002 over
the corresponding 2001 period. The survey revealed no imports of
metal stampings during the relevant period.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production to other domestic
facilities.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-6510).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Northern
Engraving, Lansing, Iowa, engaged in employment related to the
production of 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 8th day of November 2002.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance