DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,865

QMS, INC.
GLASGOW, KENTUCKY

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 30, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
QMS, Inc., Glasgow, Kentucky (QMS). The workers produce tool
and dies for automobile parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of QMS who are
engaged in employment related to tool and dies for automobile
parts meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of tool and dies for automobile parts by QMS
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 tool
and dies for automobile parts by QMS have increased.
Specifically, a customer has significantly increased their
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced at QMS.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of tool and dies for automobile parts by
customers of QMS contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at QMS.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of QMS, Inc., Glasgow,
Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related to tool and dies
for automobile 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 QMS, Inc., Glasgow, Kentucky, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 29, 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 23rd day of February, 2010.

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