DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,886

SMITH JONES, INC.
D/B/A
MIDWEST MANUFACTURING COMPANY
KELLOGG, IOWA

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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 25, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Smith Jones, Inc., D/B/A Midwest Manufacturing Company,
Kellogg, Iowa. Workers at the subject firm manufacture ring gears
and housing rings. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product line.

The subject firm was previously certified for trade adjustment
assistance (TA-W-57,375). The certification expired on July 25,
2007.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production at the subject firm declined from 2006 to 2007, and
during January 2008 compared to the corresponding 2007 period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of ring gears in
2006, 2007, January 2007 and January 2008 over the corresponding
2007 period. The survey revealed increased imports of ring gears
during the relevant period.
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 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with ring gears produced by Smith
Jones, Inc., D/B/A Midwest Manufacturing Company, Kellogg, Iowa,
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 Smith Jones, Inc., D/B/A Midwest Manufacturing
Company, Kellogg, Iowa, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 26, 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 4th day of April 2008

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