DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,846

TORQUE-TRACTION MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF DANA CORPORATION
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS

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, the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its 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 Trade Adjustment Assistance,
the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or
(a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is
determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of Section
222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 11, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by state workforce agency (Arkansas) on behalf of
workers of Torque-Traction Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., a
subsidiary of Dana Corporation, Jonesboro, Arkansas. The workers
produce axle components.
The investigation revealed that production, sales and employment
declined in 2001-2002 and January through February 2003.

Declines in employment at the subject facility are related to an
increase in company imports of axle components 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 axle components produced at Torque-Traction
Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Dana Corporation,
Jonesboro, Arkansas contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Torque-Traction Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Dana Corporation, Jonesboro, Arkansas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 31, 2002, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of March 2003.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance