DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,112

GAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA


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 January 19, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Gam Manufacturing Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
(subject firm). The workers produce screw machine products.
The worker group does not include any on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because all subject firm
workers were totally separated from employment.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of screw machine products have decreased
absolutely with the plant closure on December 31, 2010.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with screw machine
products manufactured by the subject firm have increased.
Specifically, major declining customers of the subject firm have
increased their reliance on imported screw machine products.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and subject firm sales/production declines.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gam Manufacturing
Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of screw machine products, 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 Gam Manufacturing Company, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 17, 2010, 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 4th day of February, 2011


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