DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,390

ACME ELECTRIC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ACTUANT CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ENTERFORCE
AND TEMPORARY DESIGN ENGINEERS
SPRING GROVE, ILLINOIS

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 September 24, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Acme Electronic, a subsidiary of Actuant
Corporation, Spring Grove, Illinois (Acme Electronic). The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
coils and transformers, including support services. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Enterforce and
Temporary Design Engineers.
Workers at the Spring Grove, Illinois facility were
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under
TA-W-62,051, which expired on October 22, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Acme Electronic,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
coils and transformers, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because has been met because a
significant number of workers at the subject firm were
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Acme Electronic shifted
to a foreign country production of articles like or directly
competitive with coils and transformers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico by
Acme Electronic contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Spring Grove, Illinois facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Acme Electronic, a
subsidiary of Actuant Corporation, Spring Grove, Illinois, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of coils and
transformers, 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 Acme Electronic, a subsidiary of Actuant
Corporation, including on-site leased worker from
Enterforce and Temporary Design Engineers, Spring Grove,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 23, 2009, 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 7th day of May, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance