DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,406

TORQUE TRACTION MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF DANA CORPORATION
WHITSETT, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on April 3, 2003 and filed by a company official on behalf
of workers at Torque Traction Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Dana Corporation, Whitsett, North
Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produce shafts for
automobile axle assemblies.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at
the subject firm is related to a shift in production of shafts for
automobile axle assemblies to a country (Mexico) that is a party to
a free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
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 Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Dana Corporation, Whitsett,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 24, 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 21st day of April, 2003



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance