DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,518

AIRMATE COMPANY
BRYAN, 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 February 19, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Airmate Company, Bryan, Ohio. The workers are
engaged in activities related to production of drafting
instruments and templates.
The investigation revealed that workers of Airmate Company,
who are engaged in employment related to production of drafting
instruments and templates, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of drafting instruments and templates by
Airmate Company have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Airmate Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the
sales/production declines and worker group separations at the
Bryan, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Airmate Company,
Bryan, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of drafting instruments and templates, 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 Airmate Company, Bryan, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 16, 2009, 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 21st day of July, 2010

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