DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,866

ACTUANT ELECTRICAL, INC.
ALSO KNOWN AS ACME ELECTRIC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ACTUANT CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM MEGA FORCE STAFFING
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 7, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Actuant Electrical, Inc., also known as Acme
Electric, a subsidiary of Actuant Corporation, Lumberton,
North Carolina (Actuant Electrical). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of dry type
transformers and power conditioning products. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Mega Force
Staffing.
Workers of Actuant Electrical were determined eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits, under
petition TA-W-74,491, that expires September 27, 2012.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Actuant Electrical.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Actuant Electrical,
Inc., also known as Acme Electric, a subsidiary of Actuant
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Mega Force
Staffing, Lumberton, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of dry type transformers
and power conditioning 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 Actuant Electrical, Inc., also known as
Acme Electric, a subsidiary of Actuant Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Mega Force
Staffing, Lumberton, North Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
September 28, 2012 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on
September 28, 2012 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 22nd day of August, 2012.


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