DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,985

HIBINO CORPORATION OF AMERICA
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 12, 2004 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Hibino Corporation of America, Gainesville,
Georgia. The workers produced aluminum die cast parts for the
production of power-drive hand tools.

The investigation revealed that Hibino Corporation of
America, Gainesville, Georgia supplies component parts for the
production of power-drive hand tools, and at least 20 percent of
its production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
The investigation further revealed that employment at Hibino
Corporation of America, Gainesville, Georgia declined during the
period under investigation.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hibino Corporation of
America, Gainesville, Georgia qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Hibino Corporation of America, Gainesville,
Georgia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 9, 2003, through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of December, 2004.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance