DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,656

NAUTILUS, INCORPORATED
TYLER PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
OF EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICE
TYLER, TEXAS

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), 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 June 30, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by the East Texas Workforce Center,
Tyler, Texas on behalf of workers of Nautilus, Incorporated,
Tyler Plant, Tyler, Texas. The workers at the subject firm
produce fitness equipment (tread mills and tread climbers).
The investigation revealed that Nautilus, Incorporated
leased workers from Express Personnel Services to work on-site at
Nautilus, Incorporated, Tyler Plant, Tyler, Texas. The workers
were engaged activities related to the production of fitness
equipment.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production of
fitness equipment to a China. The company will increase its
imports of fitness equipment in the near future.
In accordance with Section 246 of 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 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.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
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 Nautilus, Incorporated, including on-site
leased workers of Express Personnel Services, Tyler Plant,
Tyler, Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 29, 2005, 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 8th day of August 2006.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance