DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,328

SUMMIT MACHINE, INC.
SHOREVIEW, MINNESOTA

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 September 16, 2009 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Summit Machine, Inc., Shoreview, Minnesota.
The workers produce capital equipment for manufacturing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Summit Machine
who are engaged in employment related to capital equipment meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because worker separations
at the subject firm did occur.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of capital equipment by the subject firm
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with capital
equipment have increased. Specifically, major declining
customers of the subject firm evidenced an increased reliance on
imported capital equipment purchased in 2009.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of capital equipment by customers of
Summit Machine, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at the subject
firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Summit Machine, Inc.,
Shoreview, Minnesota 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 Summit Machine, Inc., Shoreview, Minnesota,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 15, 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/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance