DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,861

DE-STA-CO CPI PRODUCTS, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN

Negative Determinations 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 July 23, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a One-Stop Operator/Partner
on behalf of the workers of DE-STA-CO CPI Products, Inc.,
Automotive Division, Charlevoix, Michigan, engaged in metal
manufacturing and automation material handling.
The investigation revealed that the workers at the
subject firm are engaged in the production of tooling and
tooling components for the automotive industry.
The investigation determined that criteria
(a)(2)(A)(I.C.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) have not been met for
workers of the subject firm.
The petitioner claimed that the subject firm is
shifting production to China. The investigation determined
that the subject firm did not shift production of tooling
and tooling components from the Charlevoix, Michigan
facility to a foreign country.
Furthermore, the subject firm does not import tooling
and tooling components.
The investigation determined that worker separations
were temporary in nature and were necessitated by the
automobile industry's model year changes.
Sales and production of tooling and tooling components
at the subject firm increased from 2005 to 2006, and in
January through June 2007 as compared to the same period of
the previous year.
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, I determine that workers of DE-
STA-CO CPI Products, Inc., Automotive Division, Charlevoix,
Michigan, 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 27th day of August, 2007.


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