DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,735

TEXAS HYDRAULICS, INC.
A SUSIDIARY OF DOVER CORPORATION
ATHENS, TENNESSEE

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 October 18, 2010 on behalf of workers of Texas
Hydraulics, Inc., a subsidiary of Dover Corporation, Athens,
Tennessee (Texas Hydraulics Athens). The workers at the
subject firm are engaged in activities related to the production
of hydraulic cylinders. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Texas Hydraulics
Athens who are engaged in employment related to the production
of hydraulic cylinders meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hydraulic cylinders by Texas Hydraulics
Athens have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
hydraulic cylinders by Texas Hydraulics Athens have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of hydraulic cylinders during the relevant period.
The survey revealed increased customer imported hydraulic
cylinders.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of hydraulic cylinders by customers of
Texas Hydraulics Athens contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Texas
Hydraulics Athens.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Texas Hydraulics,
Inc., a subsidiary of Dover Corporation, Athens, Tennessee,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
hydraulic cylinders 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 Texas Hydraulics, Inc., a subsidiary of
Dover Corporation, Athens, Tennessee, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after October
7, 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 3rd day of December, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner_______
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance