DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,177

HEUS MANUFACTURING, LLC
NEW HOLSTEIN, WISCONSIN

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 August 31, 2009 on behalf of workers of Heus
Manufacturing, LLC, New Holstein, Wisconsin (Heus Manufacturing,
LLC). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the production of machined parts. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Heus
Manufacturing, LLC, New Holstein, Wisconsin who are engaged in
employment related to the production of machined 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
and/or production of machined parts by the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with machined parts
produced by Heus Manufacturing, LLC have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of machined parts during the relevant period. The
survey revealed increased customer reliance on imported machined
parts.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of machined parts by a customer of Heus
Manufacturing, LLC contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Heus
Manufacturing, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Heus Manufacturing,
LLC, New Holstein, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of machined 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 Heus Manufacturing, LLC, New Holstein,
Wisconsin, 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 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 7th day of May 2010


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