DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,211

WAPAKONETA MACHINE COMPANY
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS EF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
WAPAKONETA, OHIO

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on May 17, 2010, applicable to workers of Wapakoneta
Machine Company, Wapakoneta, Ohio. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on June 7, 2010 (75 FR 32223).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of machine knives.
New information shows that as of early 2010, Wapakoneta
Machine Company is currently known as EF Industrial Technologies,
Inc. Some workers separated from employment at the subject firm
had their wages reported under a separate unemployment insurance
(UI) tax account under the name EF Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
increased imports of machine knives.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-73,211 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Wapakoneta Machine Company, currently known
as EF Industrial Technologies, Inc., Wapakoneta, Ohio became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 8, 2008, through May 17, 2012, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 29th day of June 2010.


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

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,211

WAPAKONETA MACHINE COMPANY
WAPAKONETA, 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 January 5, 2010 by a United Auto Workers - Local 105
Union Official on behalf of workers of Wapakoneta Machine Company,
Wapakoneta, Ohio. The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of machine knives.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wapakoneta Machine
Company, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of machine knives, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been threatened to become totally
or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of machine knives by Wapakoneta Machine Company
decreased absolutely with the plant closure in 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S. aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the machine
knives produced by the subject firm have increased significantly
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Wapakoneta Machine Company.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wapakoneta Machine
Company, Wapakoneta, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related
to production of machine knives, 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 Wapakoneta Machine Company, Wapakoneta, Ohio,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 8, 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 17th day of May, 2010

/s/ Elliot S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance



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