DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,529

CTS CORPORATION
BERNE, 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), 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 February 8, 2005 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of CTS Corporation, Berne,
Indiana. The workers at the subject facility produce expansion fuel
senders and ball grid array resistors.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the subject facility have decreased in the past year.
The preponderance of declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in production of fuel senders and ball
grid array resistors to China; imports of these products have
increased during the relevant 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 with the workers' industry (i.e.,
conditions with the industry are adverse).

The Department has concluded that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that workers of 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 those produced at the subject
facility 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 CTS Corporation, Berne, Indiana who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 7, 2004 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
I further determine that all workers of CTS Corporation, Berne,
Indiana are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of February 2005

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance