DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,389

ANN ARBOR MACHINE COMPANY
CHELSEA, 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 24, 2009, on behalf of workers of Ann Arbor
Machine Company, Chelsea, Michigan. The workers designed and
produced flexible machining systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ann Arbor
Machine Company who were engaged in employment related to
modular flexible machining systems meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of Ann Arbor Machine Company have decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with modular
flexible machining systems produced by Ann Arbor have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers contributed importantly to
worker separations and sales/production declines at Ann Arbor
Machine Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ann Arbor Machine
Company, Chelsea, Michigan who are engaged in employment related
to modular flexible machining systems 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 Ann Arbor Machine Company, Chelsea,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 10, 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 6th day of April, 2010


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