DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,749

HANSEN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
VISOR DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
AUTOMATION TEMPORARY SERVICES, INC.
LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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 in response to a petition
received on March 11, 2005, and filed on behalf of workers at
Hansen International, Inc., Visor Department, Lexington, South
Carolina. The workers produced sun visors for heavy trucks.
The investigation revealed that Hansen International, Inc.,
Visor Department, Lexington, South Carolina, including leased
workers from Automation Temporary Services, Inc., engaged in the
production of sun visors for heavy trucks at Hansen International,
Inc., Visor Department, Lexington, South Carolina.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of sun visors for heavy trucks to China, and
subsequently importing those products into the United States.
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 to other jobs in
the local area.


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 China 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 Hansen International, Inc., Visor Department,
Lexington, South Carolina, Inc., Lexington, South Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 10, 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." and
I further determine that all workers of Hansen International,
Inc., Visor Department, including on-site leased workers of
Automation Temporary Services, Lexington, South Carolina, are
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade assistance under
section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 15th day of April 2005.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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