DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,331

INDUSTRIAL NUT CORPORATION
SANDUSKY, OHIO

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 on behalf of workers of Industrial
Nut Corporation, Sandusky, Ohio. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of internally-threaded
fasteners.
The investigation revealed that workers of Industrial Nut
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to the
production of internally-threaded fasteners meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been totally or partially separated
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of internally-threaded fasteners by Industrial
Nut Corporation have decreased absolutely during the relevant
time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with internally-threaded
fasteners by Industrial Nut have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Industrial Nut
Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Industrial Nut
Corporation, Sandusky, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to production of internally-threaded fasteners 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 Industrial Nut Corporation, Sandusky,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 12, 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 11th day of May, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance