DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,252

CENTRAL COATING & ASSEMBLY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HITACHI METALS AMERICA
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC
2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 12, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Central Coating & Assembly, a subsidiary of Hitachi
Metals America, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The workers at the subject
firm produced magnets.
The investigation revealed that employment declined at the
subject firm from 2002 to 2003. Furthermore sales and employment
declined at the subject firm from January through February 2003 when
compared to the same time period in 2002
The investigation also revealed that the production of magnets
at Central Coating & Assembly, a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals
America, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (TA-W-54,252) is vertically
integrated into the production of permanent magnets produced by its
sister plant Hitachi Magnetics Corporation, Edmore, Michigan.
Workers of the Hitachi Magnetics Corporation, Edmore, Michigan are
certified eligible to apply for worker adjustment assistance under
petition number TA-W-50,272.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the
Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion (2) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the workers in the workers'
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.
















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with permanent magnets produced by
Magnetics Corporation contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Central Coating & Assembly, a subsidiary of
Hitachi Metals America, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 10, 2003 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974;" and
I further determine that all workers of Central Coating &
Assembly, a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America, Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan, are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of February, 2004

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