DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,454

GUITABEC USA INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF LASIDO INC.
BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE

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 December 6, 2019, by an authorized representative on
behalf of workers of Guitabec USA Inc., a subsidiary of Lasido
Inc., Berlin, New Hampshire, (herein referred to as "Guitabec
USA Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of musical instruments (guitars).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Guitabec USA Inc. 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the musical instruments
produced by the subject workers, which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Guitabec Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Guitabec USA Inc., a
subsidiary of Lasido Inc., Berlin, New Hampshire, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of musical
instruments (guitars), 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 Guitabec USA Inc., a subsidiary of Lasido
Inc., Berlin, New Hampshire, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 5,
2018 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 3rd day of April 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance