DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,446

AIDA-AMERICA CORPORATION
SUBSIDIARY OF AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFFMARK (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CBS), PDSI AND I-FORCE
DAYTON, OHIO

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.




The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of AIDA-America Corporation, subsidiary of AIDA
Engineering, LTD., Dayton, Ohio. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of mechanical stamping
presses. The worker group also includes on-site leased workers
from Staffmark (formerly known as CBS), PDSI and I-Force.
The investigation revealed that workers of AIDA-America
Corporation, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of mechanical stamping presses, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a substantial
proportion of the workers have been separated and the firm
plans further layoffs.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of mechanical stamping presses by AIDA-
America Corporation have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
mechanical stamping presses by AIDA-America Corporation
increased their reliance on imported mechanical stamping
presses during the relevant period.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imported mechanical stamping presses
by AIDA-America Corporation, subsidiary of AIDA Engineering,
LTD., Dayton, Ohio contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AIDA-America
Corporation, subsidiary of AIDA Engineering, LTD., Dayton,
Ohio, including on-site leased workers from Staffmark
(formerly known as CBS), PDSI and I-Force, Dayton, Ohio, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
mechanical stamping presses, 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 AIDA-America Corporation, subsidiary of
AIDA Engineering, LTD., Dayton, Ohio, including on-site
leased workers from Staffmark (formerly known as CBS),
PDSI and I-Force, Dayton, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 21,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 1st day of December, 2009.

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