DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,430

TRIANGLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, INC.
DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-51,430A
TRIANGLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, INC.
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE

TA-W-51,430B
TRIANGLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, INC.
FONTANA, CALIFORNIA

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 April 4, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Triangle
Suspension Systems, Inc., DuBois, Pennsylvania (TA-W-51,430), Triangle
Suspension Systems, Inc., Brentwood, Tennessee (TA-W-51,430A) and
Triangle Suspension Systems, Inc., Fontana, California (TA-W-51,430B).


The workers were engaged in production and sales of steel and air
springs.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm's is related to a shift in plant production of steel and air
springs 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 were layoffs and a shift in production from the
subject firm to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with the steel and air springs produced by the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Triangle Suspension Systems, Inc., DuBois,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-51,430), Triangle Suspension Systems, Inc.,
Brentwood, Tennessee (TA-W-51,430A) and Triangle Suspension
Systems, Inc., Fontana, California (TA-W-51,430B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after April
3, 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 25th day of April, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance