DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,028

IMHAUSER CORPORATION
ROMNEY, WEST VIRGINIA

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 April 30, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Imhauser Corporation, Romney, West Virginia. The
workers produced fabricated brass parts.
The petition states that Imhauser Corporation, Romney, West
Virginia closed on May 28, 2010 and that "the decline of sales,
production, and layoffs at our facility has been directly
affected by foreign trade due to the company's and customer's
decision to be more reliant on imports . . . competitive with
those produced at our facility."
The investigation revealed that workers of Imhauser
Corporation, Romney, West Virginia meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of the workers at Imhauser Corporation, Romney, West
Virginia has been totally or partially separated, or are
threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Imhauser Corporation has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with those formerly made at the
Romney, West Virginia facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to China of
fabricated brass parts contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Imhauser Corporation, Romney, West Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Imhauser Corporation,
Romney, West Virginia, who are engaged in employment related to
fabricated brass parts, 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 Imhauser Corporation, Romney, West
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 28, 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 2nd day of September, 2010


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