DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,192

FREUDENBERG-NOK
BRAKE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO USA, INC.,
MOORE SECURITY, AND MOUNT'S LAWN AND LANDSCAPE
SCOTTSBURG, 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 9, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Freudenberg-NOK, Brake Division, Scottsburg, Indiana.
Workers produce automotive rubber molded brake products such as
boosters, automated pin boots, and caliper boots. Workers are
not separately identifiable by product.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Adecco USA, Inc., Moore Security, and Mount's Lawn and
Landscape.
The workers of the firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under TA-W-60,439, which expires
December 5, 2008.
The investigation revealed that employment at the
Scottsburg facility declined from 2006 to 2007 and in January
through September 2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
The subject firm is shifting a significant portion of the
production at Scottsburg of automotive rubber molded brake
products to locations abroad, including to Mexico, a country
that is party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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.

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 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 Freudenberg-NOK, Brake Division, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco USA, Inc., Moore
Security, and Mount's Lawn and Landscape, Scottsburg,
Indiana, who become totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 6, 2008 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 November 2008

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