DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,139

TECHNE, INC., DBA TECHNE ENGINEERING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM MANPOWER, INC.
SCOTTSBURG, INDIANA

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 11, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Techne, Inc., dba Techne Engineering, Scottsburg,
Indiana (Techne Engineering). The workers produce aluminum die
castings. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Techne
Engineering who are engaged in employment related to the
production of aluminum die castings meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Techne
Engineering produced and sold aluminum die castings to Topy
America, Inc., to be incorporated into aluminum alloy wheels.
Workers of Topy America, Inc. are covered by certification
number TA-W-61,376 issued based on the increased customer
imports of aluminum alloy wheels.
Workers of Techne Engineering also produced and sold
aluminum die castings to Hayes Lemmerz International, to be
incorporated into automotive wheels. Workers of Hayes Lemmerz
International are covered by certification number TA-W-61,817
issued based on the increased customer imports of automotive
wheels.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Techne Engineering to Topy America, Inc. and Hayes Lemmerz
International contributed importantly to the worker
separations at Techne Engineering.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Techne, Inc., dba
Techne Engineering, Scottsburg, Indiana, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of aluminum die castings,
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 Techne, Inc., dba Techne Engineering,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Inc.,
Scottsburg, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 4, 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 30th day of September, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance