DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,688

HB CARBIDE
A SUBSIDIARY OF STAR CUTTER COMPANY
LEWISTON, MICHIGAN

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), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 27, 2009, in response
to a petition filed by company official on behalf of workers of HB
Carbide, a subsidiary of Star Cutter Company, Lewiston, Michigan.
The workers produce carbide preforms.
The investigation revealed that HB Carbide, a subsidiary of
Star Cutter Company, Lewiston, Michigan, supplies component parts
for PCD reamers, solid carbide tools, and pressure coolant reamers,
and a loss of business with a manufacturer of PCD reamers, solid
carbide tools, and pressure coolant reamers, whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of workers at
HB Carbide, a subsidiary of Star Cutter Company, Lewiston,
Michigan.
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 workers of HB Carbide, a subsidiary
of Star Cutter Company, Lewiston, Michigan, qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:



"All workers of HB Carbide, a subsidiary of Star Cutter
Company, Lewiston, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 26, 2008, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 14th day of April 2009


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