DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,046

SAUER-DANFOSS COMPANY
MINI-STEERING UNITS DIVISION
STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN

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 in response to a petition
received on June 16, 2003 and filed by the United Automobile,
Aerospace & Agriculture Implement Workers of America, UAW on
behalf of workers at Sauer-Danfoss Company, Mini-Steering Units
Division, Sturtevant, Wisconsin. The workers produce mini-
steering units primarily for lawn mowers, garden tractors and
small forklift trucks.
The investigation revealed that plant sales, production and
employment declined during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the company
increased their imports of mini-steering units during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with mini-steering units produced at
Sauer-Danfoss Company, Mini-Steering Units Division, Sturtevant,
Wisconsin 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 Sauer-Danfoss Company, Mini-Steering Units
Division, Sturtevant, Wisconsin who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 10,
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 11th day of July, 2003.


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