DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,555

HIGHLAND MACHINE & SCREW PRODUCTS
HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS

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 26, 2009, on behalf of workers of Highland Machine
& Screw Products, Highland, Illinois (Highland Machine). The
workers produce beauty and barber equipment, specifically
hydraulic chair lifts and hair dryers, and fabricated metal
products. The workers are not separately identifiable by
products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Highland Machine
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
beauty and barber equipment, and fabricated metal products
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined from 2007 to 2008, and during the
period of January through April 2009 compared with the same
period of 2008.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of beauty and barber equipment, and
fabricated metal products at Highland Machine have decreased
from 2007 to 2008, and during the period of January through
April 2009 compared with the same period of 2008.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with beauty and barber
equipment, and fabricated metal products produced by Highland
Machine have increased. Specifically, customer imports of
hydraulic chair lifts and hair dryers increased during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of beauty and barber equipment by
customers of Highland Machine contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Highland Machine.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Highland Machine &
Screw Products, Highland, Illinois, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of beauty and barber
equipment, and fabricated metal products 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 Highland Machine & Screw Products,
Highland, Illinois, 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 16th day of September, 2009.

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