DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,061

GENESIS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INTERLOCHEN, 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 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 12, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Genesis Engineering and Technologies, Inc., Interlochen,
Michigan. The workers at the subject firm produced molds for die
cast and plastic injection molding; they are not separately
identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that sales at the subject firm
decreased during the period of January through August 2006 over the
corresponding 2005 period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of molds for die cast
and plastic injection molding during 2004, 2005 and January through
August 2006 over the corresponding 2005 period. The survey revealed
an increased reliance by the subject firm's customers on imports of
molds for die cast and plastic injection molding during the period
of January through August 2006 over the corresponding 2005 period.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of 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 an increase in imports of articles
like or directly competitive with molds for die cast and plastic
injection molding produced at the subject firm 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 Genesis Engineering and Technologies, Inc.,
Interlochen, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 11, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of October 2006.



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance