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TAW-74981  /  Ideal Manufacturing Solutions, Inc. (Franklin, WI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/07/2009
Filed Date: 12/10/2010
Most Recent Update: 04/13/2011
Determination Date: 04/13/2011
Expiration Date: 04/13/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,981

IDEAL MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS, INC.
FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN

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 December 10, 2010 on behalf of workers of Ideal
Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., Franklin, Wisconsin. The workers
were engaged in activities related to production of fabricated
and stamped metal parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ideal
Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., Franklin, Wisconsin, who were
engaged in activities related to production of fabricated and
stamped metal parts, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because all of the workers in
the workers' firm have been separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production has contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at Ideal Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., Franklin,
Wisconsin.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ideal Manufacturing
Solutions, Inc., Franklin, Wisconsin, who were engaged in
activities related to production of fabricated and stamped metal
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 Ideal Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.,
Franklin, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 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 13th day of April, 2011



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