DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,339

A.R.E. MANUFACTURING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM PERSONNEL SOURCE, INC.
NEWBERG, OREGON

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 June 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc., Newberg, Oregon. The
workers produce machined components for the dental,
recreational, hydraulic, and marine industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of A.R.E.
Manufacturing, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
the production of machined components, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the machined
components produced by A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc., have
increased. Specifically, one of the firm's major customers has
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc.'s, Newberg,
Oregon facility.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of machined components by a major
customer of A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc., contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Newberg, Oregon facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of A.R.E. Manufacturing,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Personnel Source,
Inc., Newberg, Oregon, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of machined components, 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 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Personnel Source, Inc., Newberg,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 23, 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 15th day of December, 2009

/s/Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance