DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,462

NAKANISHI MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
RUBBER SEAL DEPARTMENT
WINTERVILLE, GEORGIA

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, 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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 2, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Nakanishi Manufacturing Corporation, Rubber Seal
Department, Winterville, Georgia. The workers produce rubber
seals.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment
at the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of rubber seals to the Philippines, and subsequently
importing those products into the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to the Philippines of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has been
or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or directly
competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Nakanishi Manufacturing Corporation, Rubber
Seal Department, Winterville, Georgia, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
31, 2004, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of February, 2005.

Elliott S. Kushner

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