DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,217

SKF SEALNG SOLUTIONS
ELGIN, ILLINOIS

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 by a company official on behalf of
workers of SKF Sealing Solutions, Elgin, Illinois. The workers
produce radial shaft seals, oil seals and sealing assemblies.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Elgin plant
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
radial shaft seals, oil seals and sealing assemblies meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because more than five percent
of the workers were separated from employment in January
through April 2009 compared with the same period in 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the SKF Sealing
Solutions is shifting production of radial shaft seals, oil
seals and sealing assemblies to a facility in Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker
separations at the Elgin Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SKF Sealing
Solutions, Elgin, Illinois, who are engaged in employment
related to radial shaft seals, oil seals and sealing assemblies
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 SKF Sealing Solutions, Elgin, Illinois, 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 26th day of August, 2009

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance