DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-71,044
WEASTEC INC.
HILLSBORO, OHIO

TA-W-71,044A
WEASTEC INC.
GREENFIELD, 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 8, 2009 on behalf of workers of Weastec, Inc.
Hillsboro, Ohio (TA-W-71,044) and of Weastec, Inc. Greenfield,
Ohio (TA-W-71,044A). The workers of the Hillsboro, Ohio facility
produce ignition coils and engine sensors. The workers of the
Greenfield, Ohio facility produced combination switches.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Hillsboro,
Ohio facility who are engaged in employment related to the
production of ignition coils and engine sensors, and the workers
of the Greenfield, Ohio facility who were engaged in employment
related to the production of combination switches meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at each
facility has decreased more than five percent.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted production of combination switches to Viet Nam and is
shifting production of ignition coils and engine sensors to
affiliated facilities in Korea and Japan.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to foreign countries contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Weastec, Inc., Hillsboro and
Greenfield, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the Weastec, Inc.
Hillsboro, Ohio facility and of the Weastec, Inc. Greenfield,
Ohio facility, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of ignition coils, engine sensors, and combination
switches 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 Weastec, Inc., Hillsboro, Ohio (TA-W-
71,044) and of Weastec, Inc. Greenfield, Ohio (TA-W-
71,044A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 5, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on 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 19th day of August, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance