DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,361
ZF LEMFORDER CORPORATION
F-BREWER DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
BREWER, MAINE

TA-W-71,361A
PAGE EMPLOYMENT
LEASED WORKERS WORKING ON-SITE AT
ZF LEMFORDER CORPORATION
F-BREWER DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
BREWER, MAINE

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 23, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of ZF Lemforder Corporation, F-Brewer Division, a
subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen, Brewer, Maine (ZF Lemforder)
(TA-W-71,361A). The worker group also includes of on-site
leased workers from Page Employment (TA-W-71,361A). The workers
produce automotive chassis components.
The investigation revealed that ZF Lemforder was previously
certified as a trade affected firm (TA-W-60,668). That
certification expired on February 9, 2009. The employees of
Page Employment (TA-W-71,361A) were not included in that
certification.
The investigation further revealed that workers of ZF
Lemforder who are engaged in employment related to the
production of automotive chassis components meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at ZF Lemforder have been separated
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of automotive chassis components to Mexico by ZF
Lemforder contributed importantly to worker group separations
at ZF Lemforder Corporation, Brewer, Maine.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ZF Lemforder
Corporation, F-Brewer Division, a subsidiary of ZF
Friedrichshafen, including on-site leased workers of Page
Employment, Brewer, Maine, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of automotive chassis components 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 ZF ZF Lemforder Corporation, F-Brewer
Division, a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen, Brewer,
Maine, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 10, 2009, 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."
and
"All leased workers of Page Employment working on-site at
ZF Lemforder Corporation, F-Brewer Division, a subsidiary
of ZF Friedrichshafen, Brewer, Maine (TA-W-71,361A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 22, 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 17th day of September, 2009.

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