DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,311

NEWPORT PRECISION, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HITACHI METALS AMERICA, LIMITED
NEWPORT, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 20, 2009 on behalf of workers of Newport Precision,
Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America, Limited, Newport,
Tennessee. The workers produced vanes for power steering pumps.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Newport
plant, who were engaged in employment related to the
production of vanes, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because separations occurred
with the Newport facility shutdown on March 20, 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
shifted production of power steering vanes to a foreign
country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production abroad contributed importantly to worker
separations at the Newport Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Newport Precision,
Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America, Limited, Newport,
Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to vane
production, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Newport Precision, Inc., a subsidiary of
Hitachi Metals America, Limited, Newport, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of October, 2009

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance