DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,824

BRIDGESTONE APM COMPANY
FINDLAY, OHIO


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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to
a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production
is related to the article or service that was the basis
for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts
it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles . . . that were the basis
for a certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 1, 2009, on behalf of the workers of Bridgestone APM
Company, Findlay, Ohio (Bridgestone). Workers at Bridgestone are
engaged in activities related to the production of anti-vibration
products and are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Bridgestone who
are engaged in activities related to the production of anti-
vibration products meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in Bridgestone have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because Bridgestone supplied anti-
vibration products to General Motors Corporation, Shreveport,
Louisiana (GM-Shreveport), to be incorporated into assembled
automobiles. Workers of GM-Shreveport are covered by an existing
certification (TA-W-63,793) that was issued on the basis of
increased of imports of articles like or directly competitive
with assembled automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
Bridgestone with respect to anti-vibration products sold to GM-
Shreveport contributed importantly to worker separations at
Bridgestone.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bridgestone APM Company,
Findlay, Ohio who are engaged in activities related to the
production of anti-vibration products 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 Bridgestone APM Company, Findlay, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 29, 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 November, 2009

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