DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,093

ATLANTIC GUEST, INC.
SUBSIDIARY OF ACTUANT COMPANY
BERLIN, CONNECTICUT

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 20, 2009 by a Connecticut state workforce
office on behalf of workers of Atlantic Guest, Inc., a
subsidiary of Actuant Corporation, Berlin, Connecticut. The
workers produce galvanic isolators used in the marine industry.
The petition alleges that production of these articles
has been shifted to a foreign country.
The investigation revealed that workers of Atlantic Guest,
who are engaged in employment related to production of
galvanic isolators, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated in the last year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
galvanic isolators from China by Atlantic Guest contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Atlantic Guest.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Atlantic Guest, Inc.,
subsidiary of Actuant Corporation, Berlin, Connecticut, who are
engaged in employment related to production of galvanic
isolators 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 Atlantic Guest, Inc., subsidiary of
Actuant Corporation, Berlin, Connecticut, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 19, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 13th day of November, 2009.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance