DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,354

MOLD-RITE TOOL, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CIGNET, LLC
FRASER, MICHIGAN


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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Mold-Rite Tool, Inc., a subsidiary of Cignet, Inc.,
Fraser, Michigan (Mold-Rite Tool). The workers produce plastic
injection molds for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mold-Rite Tool
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
plastic injection molds meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of plastic injection molds by Mold-Rite Tool
have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imported
articles like or directly competitive with plastic injection
molds produced by Mold-Rite Tool increased during the relevant
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of plastic injection molds by customers of
Mold-Rite Tools contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Mold-Rite Tool.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mold-Rite Tool, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Cignet, LLC, Fraser, Michigan, who are engaged
in employment related to production of plastic injection molds
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 Mold-Rite Tool, Inc., a subsidiary of
Cignet, LLC, Fraser, Michigan, 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 the 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 10th day of September, 2009.

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