DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,073

AMERIGON INCORPORATED
IRWINDALE, 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 on June 18, 2003, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Amerigon Inc.,
Irwindale, California. The workers produced thermoelectric devices
for cooling and heating automobile seats.
The declines in employment at the subject plant is related to
a shift in plant production of thermoelectric devices for cooling
and heating automobile seats 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 Amerigon Inc., Irwindale, California who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 2, 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."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 30th day of June 2003

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