DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,091

GITS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC
CRESTON PLANT DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ACTUANT CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANCE SERVICES, INC.,
ENTERFORCE, INC., MID STATES TECHNICAL, AND MINDLANCE, INC.
CRESTON, IOWA

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 September 17, 2013, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Gits Manufacturing Company, LLC, Creston Plant
Division, a subsidiary of Actuant Corporation, Creston, Iowa (Gits
Manufacturing Company, LLC). The subject workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of actuators, valves, and
lube and vent devices, and are not separately identifiable by
article produced by the firm.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Advance
Services, Inc., EnterForce, Inc., Mid States Technical, and
Mindlance, Inc.
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 acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Gits Manufacturing Company, LLC, Creston, Iowa.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gits Manufacturing
Company, LLC, Creston Plant Division, Creston, Iowa, who are/were
engaged in employment related to the production of actuators,
valves, and lube and vent devices, 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 Gits Manufacturing Company, LLC, Creston
Plant Division, a subsidiary of Actuant Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Advance Services, Inc., EnterForce, Inc.,
Mid States Technical, and Mindlance, Inc., Creston, Iowa, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 16, 2012, 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 21st day of October, 2013


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