DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,601

H AND H TUBE
A DIVISION OF SUNSPRING AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM NORTHERN STAFFING SERVICES
CHEYBOGAN, MICHIGAN

TA-W-62,601A

H AND H TUBE
A DIVISION OF SUNSPRING AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PMP PERSONNEL
VANDERBILT, 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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 26, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at H and H Tube, A Division of Sunspring America, Inc.,
Michigan (TA-W-62,601) and H and H tube, A Division of Sunspring
America, Inc., Vanderbilt, Michigan (TA-W-62,601A). The workers
at the Cheybogan facility produce tubular spouts and the workers
at the Vanderbilt facility produce crimp rings, stub outs,
tubular spout blanks which are component parts for the articles
produced at the Cheybogan facility. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
H and H Tube, A Division of Sunspring America, Inc.,
Cheybogan, Michigan employed leased workers from Northern
Staffing Services. H and H tube, A Division of Sunspring
America, Inc., Vanderbilt, Michigan employed leased workers from
PMP Personnel
The decline in employment at both locations is related to a
shift in production of tubular spouts to China.
The investigation also revealed that there is likely to be
an increase in company imports of tubular spouts which are like
or directly competitive with what the subject firm produced.
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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that
are like or directly competitive with tubular spouts produced by
the subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely
to be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive
articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:








"All workers of H and H Tube, A Division of Sunspring
America, Inc., Cheybogan, Michigan including on-site leased
workers from Northern Staffing Services (TA-W-62,601) and H
and H tube, A Division of Sunspring America, Inc.,
Vanderbilt, Michigan including on-site leased workers from
PMP Personnel (TA-W-62,601A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
20, 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 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 8th day of February, 2008.


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