DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,452

ISHIKAWA GASKET AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ISHIKAWA GASKET COMPANY LIMITED
INCLUDING LEASED PRODUCTION WORKERS OF
CUSTOM STAFFING AND SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
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 December 2, 2005 and filed
by a company official on behalf of workers at Ishikawa Gasket
America, Inc., a subsidiary of Ishikawa Gasket Company Limited,
Bowling Green, Ohio. The workers produce head and manifold gaskets
for vehicle engines. The subject firm leased on-site workers from
Custom Staffing and Supplemental Staffing.
The investigation revealed that sales at the subject firm has
declined in the last year, and employment and production will
decline at the Bowling Green facility upon its production shutdown
scheduled for December 22, 2005.
The subject firm is shifting all of the production of gaskets
to the location of its parent company in Japan, and it anticipates
increasing imports of these products.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable to positions
with similar pay and benefits. Furthermore, competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject
firm contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:


"All workers of Ishikawa Gasket America, Inc., a subsidiary of
Ishikawa Gasket Company Limited, including leased on-site
production workers of Custom Staffing and Supplemental
Staffing, Bowling Green, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 2, 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 are also eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of December, 2005
/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance