DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,843

ACE PRECISION CASTINGS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
HELPING HANDS TEMPORARY SERVICES, INC.
MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA

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 August 11, 2008, and filed by the State of Iowa on
behalf of workers at Ace Precision Castings, LLC, Marshalltown,
Iowa. The worker group also includes leased workers of Helping
Hands Temporary Services, Inc., working on-site at Ace Precision
Castings, LLC, Marshalltown, Iowa. The workers produced aluminum
die castings.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting
production of aluminum die castings to a foreign source, and
subsequently importing those products into 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 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 Ace Precision Castings, LLC, including on-site
leased workers of Helping Hands Temporary Services, Inc.,
Marshalltown, Iowa, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 8, 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 9th day of September 2008.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner


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