DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,859

CUSTOM TOOL AND DIE COMPANY
STEVENSVILLE, 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(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, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, 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 2, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Custom Tool and Die Company, Stevensville, Michigan. The
workers primarily produce trim dies for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Custom Tool and
Die Company who are engaged in employment related to the
production of trim dies for the automotive industry meet the
criteria as suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Custom Tool
and Die Company produced and sold trim dies and custom CNC
machining to be incorporated into automobiles to a firm that
employed a worker group who is covered by an active
certification based on imports of automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Custom Tool and Die Company with the TAA-certified firm,
with respect to trim dies and custom CNC machining sold to the
TAA-certified firm, contributed importantly to worker
separations at Custom Tool and Die Company, Stevensville,
Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Custom Tool and Die
Company, Stevensville, Michigan 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 Custom Tool and Die Company, Stevensville,
Michigan 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 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 25th day of February, 2010


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