DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,016

MULTI-PLEX
A DIVISION OF MAGNA POWERTRAIN
HOWE, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.



III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 file on behalf of workers and former
workers Multi-Plex, a division of Magna Powertrain, Howe,
Indiana. The worker group is engaged in employment relating to
the production of automotive stamping, flexplates, flywheels,
brackets, heat shields, and torque converters. It is
anticipated that production at 6505 North State Road 9, Howe,
Indiana will cease in December 2009.
The investigation revealed that the workers at Multi-Plex
who are engaged in employment relating to the production of
automotive stamping, flexplates, flywheels, brackets, heat
shields, and torque converters meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the worker group was separated from employment.
Criterion II has been met because Multi-Plex, a division
of Magna Powertrain, Howe, Indiana is shifting production to
Canada and India of articles like or directly competitive with
automotive stamping, flexplates, flywheels, brackets, heat
shields, and torque converters produced by the worker group.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to a foreign country by Multi-Plex, a division of
Magna Powertrain, Howe, Indiana contributed importantly to the
workers' separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers and former workers of
Multi-Plex, a division of Magna Powertrain, Howe, Indiana, who
are engaged in employment relating to the production of
automotive stamping, flexplates, flywheels, brackets, heat
shields, and torque converters meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Multi-Plex, a division of Magna Powertrain,
Howe, Indiana, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on date of certification through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of June, 2009


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