DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,267

SIMULA AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY DEVICES, INC.
TEMPE, ARIZONA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 21, 2002, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Simula Automotive Safety Devices, Inc., Tempe,
Arizona. The workers were engaged in the production of side impact
head protection airbags.


The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined absolutely during the period of January through October
2002 when compared to the same period in 2001.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
side impact head protection airbags increased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with side impact head protection
airbags produced by Simula Automotive Safety Devices, Inc., Tempe,
Arizona, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Simula Automotive Safety Devices, Inc., Tempe,
Arizona, engaged in employment related to the production of
side impact head protection airbags, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September 20,
2001, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 30th day of October, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance