DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,688

FRICTION HOLDINGS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF DRIVETRAIN GROUP HOLDING CORPORATION
CRAWFORDSVILLE, 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 July 15, 2009, on behalf of workers of Friction
Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of DriveTrain Group Holding
Corporation, Crawfordsville, Indiana (Friction Holdings, LLC).
The workers produce friction materials, such as clutch plates
for heavy duty and automotive vehicles. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Friction
Holdings, LLC, who are engaged in employment related to
friction materials, meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Friction Holdings, LLC were separated
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Friction Holdings, LLC produced and sold friction materials to
a firm that employed a worker group covered by an active TAA
certification to be incorporated into automotive vehicles.
Criterion III has been met because the friction materials
produced by Friction Holdings, LLC for the TAA-certified firm
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of Friction Holdings, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Friction Holdings,
LLC, a subsidiary of DriveTrain Group Holding Corporation,
Crawfordsville, Indiana, who are engaged in employment related
to friction materials such as clutch plates for heavy duty and
automotive vehicles 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 Friction Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of
DriveTrain Group Holding Corporation, Crawfordsville,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 13, 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 4th day of December, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance