DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,942

PRECISE ENGINEERING
LOWELL, 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 June 4, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Precise Engineering, Lowell, Michigan. The workers
are engaged in employment related to the production of
stamping dies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Precise
Engineering, Lowell, Michigan who are engaged in employment
related to the production of stamping dies, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers in the workers' firm have become
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of stamping dies by Precise Engineering
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with stamping
dies produced by Precise Engineering have increased during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of stamping dies by Precise Engineering
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Lowell, Michigan facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Precise Engineering,
Lowell, 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 Precise Engineering, Lowell, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 26, 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 22nd day of March, 2010

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