DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,759

MERIDIAN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
SHELBYVILLE, 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 21, 2009 on behalf of workers of Meridian
Automotive Systems, Inc., Shelbyville, Indiana. The workers
produce bumper systems and thermoplastics products for the
automotive and heavy truck industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Meridian
Automotive Systems who are engaged in employment related to
the production of bumper systems and thermoplastics products
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Meridian Automotive
Systems, Inc. produced and sold bumper systems and
thermoplastics products to a firm that employed a worker group
that is covered by an active certification to be incorporated
into automotive vehicles.
Criterion III has been met because the TAA-certified firm
accounted for at least 20 percent of the sales and production
of Meridian Automotive Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Meridian Automotive
Systems, Inc., Shelbyville, Indiana, who are engaged in
employment related to production of bumper systems and
thermoplastics products meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:


"All workers of Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc.,
Shelbyville, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 3, 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 May, 2010


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