DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,577

AIGIS MECHTRONICS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORTEK, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

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 February 26, 2010 on behalf of workers of Aigis
Mechtronics, Inc., a subsidiary of Nortek, Inc., Winston-Salem,
North Carolina (Aigis Mechtronics). The workers produce
security equipment and accessories. Workers are not separately
identifiable by article produced. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers of Adecco Employment Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Aigis
Mechtronics, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Aigis Mechtronics were totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation, during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Aigis Mechtronics has
shifted production of articles like or directly competitive
with security equipment and accessories to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to China contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Winston-Salem, North Carolina facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aigis Mechtronics,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to security equipment and accessories, 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 Aigis Mechtronics, Inc., a subsidiary of
Nortek, Inc., including on-site leased workers of Adecco
Employment Services, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 22, 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 13th day of August, 2010

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