DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,820

FULTON PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC.
McCONNELLSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

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 July 27, 2009 on behalf of workers of Fulton Precision
Industries Inc., McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania (Fulton
Precision Industries Inc.). Workers at the subject firm are
engaged in activities related to the production of precision
machine parts such as: rock drill bits, hammer parts,
transmission shafts and components. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fulton Precision
Industries Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of precision machine parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
sales/production of precision machine parts by the subject firm
have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with precision machine
parts produced by Fulton Precision Industries Inc. have
increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a
survey of the subject firm's major declining customers regarding
their purchases of precision machine parts during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported precision machine parts.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of precision machine parts by customers
of Fulton Precision Industries Inc. contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Fulton Precision Industries Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of who are engaged in
activities related to the production of precision machine parts
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 Fulton Precision Industries Inc.,
McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 24,
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 12th day of March 2010


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