DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,788

TI GROUP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
ASHLEY, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Alternative Trade 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 14, 2004 and filed
on behalf of workers at TI Group Automotive Systems, Ashley,
Indiana. The workers produce brake and fuel line bundles; they are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the subject firm declined in January through October of 2004 when
compared to the same time frame in 2003.
The investigation also revealed that imports of brake and fuel
line bundles by the subject firm increased during the relevant time
period.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met. The investigation revealed that the workers at the subject
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with the brake and fuel line bundles
produced at the subject firm contributed importantly to the total
or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales and
production at that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of TI Group Automotive Systems, Ashley, Indiana
engaged in activities related to the production of brake and
fuel line bundles who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 4, 2003 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974; and
I further determine that all workers of TI Group Automotive
Systems, Ashley, Indiana are denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 3rd day of November 2004.


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