DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,410

SKF SEALING SOLUTIONS
SKF AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
MANPOWER
SPRINGFIELD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Certification 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.
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 November 25, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of SKF Sealing Solutions, SKF Automotive Division,
Springfield, South Dakota. The workers produce rubber molded
radial shaft seals.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in production of rubber
molded radial shaft seals to Mexico, a country that is party to
a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
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.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there has been a shift in
production from SKF Sealing Solutions, SKF Automotive Division,
Springfield, South Dakota to Mexico of articles that are like or
directly competitive with rubber molded radial shaft seals
produced by that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of SKF Sealing Solutions, SKF Automotive
Division, Springfield, South Dakota, including onsite
leased workers of Manpower, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 23, 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, and are also eligible to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed in Washington, D.C,. this 7th day of December, 2005.

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