DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,181

AUTOLIV, INC.
STEERING WHEEL DEVELOPMENT GROUP,
MOLDING DEPARTMENT, AND ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TIME CUSTOMIZED STAFFING SOLUTIONS
COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA

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 October 7, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Autoliv, Inc., Molding Department, Assembly Department,
and Steering Wheel Development Group, but including only those
workers engaged in employment related to the production of steering
wheel assemblies, located in Columbia City, Indiana. Other workers
at the facility produce airbags and inflatable curtains but are not
included in the covered worker groups. Workers are separately
identifiable by specific product line.
The investigation revealed that employment and production in
the relevant worker groups at the Columbia City facility declined
in January through September 2008 compared with the same period in
2007.
The subject firm is shifting a significant portion of its
production of steering wheel assemblies and related articles to
Mexico, resulting in a decline in production and employment at the
subject facility. Mexico is party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
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 of
steering wheel assemblies 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 Autoliv, Inc., Steering Wheel Development
Group, Molding Department and Assembly Department, and
including only those workers in the three groups engaged in
the production of steering wheel assemblies, including on-site
leased workers from TIME Customized Staffing Solutions,
Columbia City, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 6, 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of October 2008

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