DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,140

INTRICON TIBBETTS CORPORATION
DIVISION OF INTRICON CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER
CAMDEN, MAINE

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, 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 April 7, 2008, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at IntriCon Tibbetts Corporation, Division of
IntriCon Corporation, Camden, Maine. The workers produce
subminiature microphones, receivers, and coils. The worker group
also includes leased workers of Manpower working on site. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The subject firm anticipates separating a significant number
of workers at the Camden plant. The subject firm is shifting a
portion of its production of subminiature microphones and receivers
at the plant to Singapore, a country that is party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
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 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 Singapore of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of IntriCon Tibbetts Corporation, Division of
IntriCon Corporation, including on-site leased workers of
Manpower, Camden, Maine, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 1, 2007, 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 16th day of May 2008


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance