DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,341

DENSO MANUFACTURING ATHNENS, TENNESSEE, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA AND DENSO
CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD
ATHENS, TENNESSEE


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. (Set forth in 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 on behalf of workers of DENSO
Manufacturing Athens, Tennessee, Inc., a subsidiary of Denso
International America and DENSO Corporation, Athens, Tennessee.
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of automotive component parts such as oxygen sensors, fuel
injectors, spark plugs, ignition coils, and monolithic carriers.
The workers are not separately identifiable by products
produced. The worker group also includes on-site leased workers
from Randstad.
The investigation revealed that workers of DENSO
Manufacturing Athens, Tennessee, Inc., a subsidiary of Denso
International America and DENSO Corporation, Athens, Tennessee,
who are engaged in employment related to production of
monolithic carriers meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of monolithic carriers by DENSO
Manufacturing Athens, Tennessee, Inc., a subsidiary of Denso
International America and DENSO Corporation to Japan.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of monolithic carriers by DENSO Manufacturing Athens, Tennessee,
Inc., a subsidiary of Denso International America and DENSO
Corporation to Japan contributed importantly to worker group
separations at DENSO Manufacturing Athens, Tennessee, Inc., a
subsidiary of Denso International America and DENSO Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of DENSO Manufacturing
Athens, Tennessee, Inc., a subsidiary of Denso International
America and DENSO Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Randstad, Athens, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment
related to production of monolithic carriers, 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 DENSO Manufacturing Athens, Tennessee,
Inc., a subsidiary of Denso International America and
DENSO Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Randstad, Athens, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 19,
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 June, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance