DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,471

LORENTSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
KOKOMO, 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 (19 USC
2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 19, 2008 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Lorentson
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Kokomo, Indiana. The workers produce
plastic molded automotive components.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplied
plastic molded automotive components for use in the production of
electrical wiring systems and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of electrical wiring systems whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of workers at
Lorentson Manufacturing Company, Inc., Kokomo, Indiana.
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 workers of Lorentson Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Kokomo, Indiana, qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Lorentson Manufacturing Company, Inc., Kokomo,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 12, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 15th day of January, 2009

/s/Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance