DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,150

INTERNATIONAL BRAKE INDUSTRIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUALITOR, INC.
LIMA, OHIO

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 January 31, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of International Brake Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of
Qualitor, Inc., Lima, Ohio (IBI). The workers were engaged in
production of brake hardware kits and components sold
specifically for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that workers at IBI, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of brake
hardware kits and components, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at IBI were totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because IBI has shifted to a
foreign country the production of articles like or directly
competitive with the brake hardware kits and components
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of brake hardware kits and components to China
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Lima, Ohio facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International Brake
Industries, Inc., Lima, Ohio, who were are engaged in employment
related to the production of brake hardware kits and components,
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 International Brake Industries, Inc., a
subsidiary of Qualitor, Inc., Lima, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 31, 2010, 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 April, 2011


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