DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,814

TRICON INDUSTRIES, INC.
ELECTROMECHANICAL DIVISION
DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS

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, 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 8, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tricon Industries, Inc., Electromechanical Division,
Downers Grove, Illinois. The workers produce custom insert molded
components for the automotive industry.
Workers in the Electromechanical Division at the subject
facility were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
on December 22, 2005 (TA-W-58,489). That certification expired on
December 22, 2007.
This investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined in 2007 and 2008 compared with 2006.
The subject firm is completing its phase out of domestic
production of custom insert molded components as a result of a
shift of production to Mexico.
In addition, 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:



"All workers of Tricon Industries, Inc., Electromechanical
Division, Downers Grove, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 23,
2007 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 19th day of March 2008


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance