DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,509

ROBIN MANUFACTURING USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS OF EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
HUDSON, WISCONSIN

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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 9, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by workers at Robin Manufacturing USA, Inc.,
Hudson, Wisconsin. The workers at the subject firm produce
internal combustion engines for the automotive industry. Workers
are not separately identifiable by product line. The worker group
includes on-site workers from Express Personnel Services.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject facilities during the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
internal combustion engines during 2006, 2007 and January through
June 2008 over the corresponding 2007 period. The survey revealed
that major declining customers increased their purchases of
imported internal combustion engines, while decreasing their
purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with internal combustion engines
produced at Robin Manufacturing USA, Inc., Hudson, Wisconsin
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Robin Manufacturing USA, Inc., Hudson,
Wisconsin, including on-site workers from Express Personnel
Services, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 4, 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 18th day of July 2008.


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