DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,659

DTR INDUSTRIES, INC.
HOSE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPHERION OF LIMA, INC. AND
CDW
BLUFFTON, 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:
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 October 23, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of DTR Industries, Inc., Hose Division, including on-
site leased workers of Spherion of Lima, Inc. and CDW,
Bluffton, Ohio. The workers produce rubber and plastic hoses
and hose components for automobile use.
The investigation revealed that workers of DTR Industries,
Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the production
of rubber and plastic hoses and hose components meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated, and future separations are
planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
rubber and plastic hoses and hose components from China and
Mexico by DTR Industries, Inc. contributed importantly to
worker group separations at DTR Industries, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of DTR Industries, Inc.,
Hose Division, including on-site leased workers of Spherion of
Lima, Inc. and CDW, Bluffton, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of rubber and plastics
hoses and hose components 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 DTR Industries, Inc., Hose Division,
including on-site leased workers of Spherion of Lima,
Inc. and CDW, Bluffton, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 22,
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 8th day of January, 2010


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