[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 22117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10901]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-40,124]


Krones, Inc. Franklin, WI Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By letter of February 1, 2002, the petitioners, requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 17, 2001, based on the finding that imports of 
labeling machines did not contribute importantly to worker separations 
at the subject plant. Company imports of labeling equipment were 
negligible. The Department conducted a survey of the subject firm's 
customers. The survey revealed that none of the respondents imported 
products like or directly competitive with what the subject plant 
produced. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on 
January 11, 2002 (67 FR 1509).
    The petitioners allege that the company lost orders to an 
affiliated company that imported labeling machines and that this was 
not evident during the investigation due to the long lead-time required 
to fill the orders.
    New information provided by the company bear out the fact that the 
company increased their reliance on imported labeling machines from an 
affiliated foreign facility, thus contributing to the layoffs at the 
subject plant during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Krones, Inc., Franklin, 
Wisconsin, contributed importantly to the declines 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 Krones, Inc., Franklin, Wisconsin, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after September 
17, 2000 through two years from the date of this certification, are 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 10th day of April 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-10901 Filed 5-1-02; 8:45 am]
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