DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,203

METALFORMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SAFETY SYSTEMS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ADDECCO
BURTON, MICHIGAN

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 December 13, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Metalforming Technologies, Inc., Safety Systems
Division, Burton, Michigan. The workers at the subject facility
produce automotive stampings.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm also leased
workers from Addecco, Flint, Michigan, to work on-site at
Metalforming Technologies, Inc., Safety Systems Division, Burton,
Michigan.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of automotive
stampings to countries (Canada and Mexico) that are 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 Canada and Mexico of articles
that are like or directly competitive with the automotive stampings
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Metalforming Technologies, Inc., Safety
Systems Division, Burton, Michigan, including on-site leased
workers of Addecco, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 9, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of January 2005
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance