DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,175

TI GROUP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF TI AUTOMOTIVE, LTD.
FUEL SYSTEMS DIVISION
MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on October 20, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a state workforce representative on
behalf of workers at TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC, a subsidiary
of TI Automotive, Ltd., Fuel Systems Division, Meriden,
Connecticut. The workers at the subject firm produce fuel pump
modules.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import fuel pump modules during 2003, 2004, or January through
September of 2005 nor did it shift production to a foreign country.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of fuel pump modules
during 2003, 2004 and January through September 2005 over the
corresponding 2004 period. The survey revealed that the subject
firm's major declining customers did not increase imports of fuel
pump modules while decreasing purchases from the subject firm
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of TI Group Automotive
Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of TI Automotive, Ltd., Fuel Systems
Division, Meriden, Connecticut are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of December 2005

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance