DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,742

SYPRIS TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF SYPRIS SOLUTIONS
KENTON, OHIO

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, 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 June 25, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency
representative on behalf of the workers of Sypris
Technologies Incorporated, A subsidiary of Sypris
Solutions, Kenton, Ohio. The workers produce automotive
parts. In particular they produce differential housings and
trailer axles. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product.
The investigation revealed that criteria
(a)(2)(A)(I.C) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did
not import or shift production of differential housings and
trailer axles to a foreign country during the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
primary customer regarding purchases of differential
housings in 2005, 2006 and January through May 2007. The
survey revealed that during the relevant period, there was
no increase in import purchases while reducing purchases
from the subject firm.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification
of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply
for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained during this
investigation, I determine that workers of Sypris
Technologies Incorporated, A subsidiary of Sypris
Solutions, Kenton, Ohio, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 31st day of July 2007

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