DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,080

LAKE ERIE PRODUCTS
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF TRIMAS CORPORATION
WOOD DALE, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on August 31, 2007, and filed on behalf of workers at Lake
Erie Products, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trimas Corporation,
Wood Dale, Illinois. The workers produce large bolts and small
fasteners.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject facility from 2005 to 2006.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of large
bolts and small fasteners during 2005, 2006, and January through
March 2007 over the corresponding 2006 period. The survey revealed
that major declining customers increased their purchases of
imported large bolts and small fasteners, while decreasing their
purchases from the subject firm during the relevant time period.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
possess skills that are easily transferable to other positions
within the local commuting area.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with large bolts and small fasteners
produced at Lake Erie Products, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trimas
Corporation, Wood Dale, Illinois, 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 Lake Erie Products, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Trimas Corporation, Wood Dale, Illinois, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August 17,
2006, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974";
I further determine that all workers of Lake Erie Products, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Trimas Corporation, Wood Dale, Illinois,
are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of November 2007.



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