DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,717

GKN SINTER METALS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS GROUP DIVISION
OWOSSO, MICHIGAN

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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 25, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of GKN Sinter Metals, Industrial Products Group Division,
Owosso, Michigan. The workers at the subject firm manufacture
powdered metal automotive and industrial components. Workers are
not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that GKN Sinter Metals, Industrial
Products Group Division, Owosso, Michigan supplies component parts
for office furniture, and contributed importantly to sales of a
manufacturer of office furniture whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 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 possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GKN Sinter Metals,
Industrial Products Group Division, Owosso, Michigan qualify as
adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of GKN Sinter Metals, Industrial Products Group
Division, Owosso, Michigan who became totally separated from
employment on January 16, 2005, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of March 2006.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance