DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,403

RAPCO HORIZON COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF RHC HOLDINGS, INC.
AUDIO-ADVANCE DIVISION
ADVANCE, MISSOURI

TA-W-64,403A

RAPCO HORIZON COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF RHC HOLDINGS, INC.
AUDIO DIVISION
JACKSON, MISSOURI

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 on November 12, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Rapco Horizon Company, a subsidiary of RHC Holdings,
Inc., Audio-Advance Division, Advance, Missouri (TA-W-64,403) and
Rapco Horizon Company, a subsidiary of RHC Holdings, Inc., Audio
Division, Jackson, Missouri (TA-W-64,403A). Workers of the
Advance, Missouri facility produce microphone and guitar cables.
Workers at the Jackson, Missouri facility produce multi-channel
audio units and copper cables.
The investigation revealed that declines in employment at
Rapco Horizon Company, a subsidiary of RHC Holdings, Inc., Audio-
Advance Division, Advance, Missouri (TA-W-64,403) and Rapco Horizon
Company, a subsidiary of RHC Holdings, Inc., Audio Division,
Jackson, Missouri (TA-W-64,403A), are related to a shift in
production of microphone and guitar cables and multi-channel audio
units and copper cables by the firms to a country (Mexico) that is
a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
In addition, 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 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 Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with the microphone and guitar
cables produced by Rapco Horizon Company, a subsidiary of RHC
Holdings, Inc., Audio-Advance Division, Advance, Missouri (TA-W-
64,403) and the multi-channel audio units and copper cables
produced by Rapco Horizon Company, a subsidiary of RHC Holdings,
Inc., Audio Division, Jackson, Missouri (TA-W-64,403A). In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:









"All workers of Rapco Horizon Company, a subsidiary of RHC
Holdings, Inc., Audio-Advance Division, Advance, Missouri (TA-
W-64,403), and Rapco Horizon Company, a subsidiary of RHC
Holdings, Inc., Audio Division, Jackson, Missouri (TA-W-
64,403A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 7, 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 21st day of November, 2008


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance