DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,263

SUMITOMO ELECTRIC WIRING SYSTEMS, INC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD
ELECTRONICS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HOLLAND EMPLOYMENT AND
QUALITY PERSONNEL
EDMONTON, KENTUCKY

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 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, LTD, Electronics Division, Edmonton,
Kentucky. The workers produce fuse and junction boxes, center
panels, ABS units, and electronic control units. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product. The petitioner
alleges that workers have been affected by a shift in
production to China and Japan.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Holland Employment and Quality Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sumitomo
Electric Wiring Systems, Inc., who are engaged in employment
related to fuse and junction boxes, center panels, ABS units,
and electronic control units meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject firm declined in January through April 2009 when
compared to the same period in 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign countries the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
production of fuse and junction boxes to China and Japan
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sumitomo Electric
Wiring Systems, Inc., Edmonton, Kentucky, who are engaged in
employment related to fuse and junction boxes, center panels,
ABS units, and electronic control units 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 Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of Sumitomo Wiring Systems, LTD, Electronics
Division, including on-site leased workers from Holland
Employment and Quality Personnel, Edmonton, Kentucky, 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 14th day of July, 2009.


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