DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,764

QUALITY METALCRAFT, INC.
LIVONIA, 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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Quality Metalcraft, Inc., Livonia, Michigan. The
workers produce sheet metal stampings and assemblies for use by
the automotive industry in production dies. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Quality
Metalcraft, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to the
production of sheet metal stampings and assemblies, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers were totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of sheet metal stampings and assemblies by
the subject firm have decreased absolutely in 2007, 2008, and
in January to May 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with sheet metal
stampings and assemblies produced by Quality Metalcraft, Inc.
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the sheet metal stampings and assemblies produced by
Quality Metalcraft, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Quality Metalcraft,
Inc., who are engaged in employment related to the production of
sheet metal stampings and 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 Quality Metalcraft, Inc., Livonia,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 21, 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 18th day of March, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance