DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,790

FORT WAYNE FOUNDRY CORPORATION
SUBSIDIARY OF COLE PATTERN AND ENGINEERING
COLUMBIA CITY DIVISION
COLUMBIA CITY, 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(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 July 23, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fort Wayne Foundry Corporation, subsidiary of Cole
Pattern and Engineering, Columbia City Division, Columbia
City, Indiana (hereinafter referred to as Fort Wayne Foundry).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of aluminum castings for automobile parts.
The petitioner alleges that worker group separations were
caused by customers increased imports.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fort Wayne
Foundry meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm became totally
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of aluminum castings by Fort Wayne Foundry
declined in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
aluminum castings produced by Fort Wayne Foundry have
increased relative to production at the subject plant.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of various aluminum die
castings for automotive components. Results of the survey
revealed an increased reliance on imports relative to purchases
from the subject firm.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of aluminum castings and or articles
like or directly competitive by customers of Fort Wayne
Corporation contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Fort Wayne
Foundry Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fort Wayne Foundry
Corporation, subsidiary of Cole Pattern and Engineering,
Columbia City Division, Columbia City, Indiana, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of aluminum castings for
automobile parts, 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 Fort Wayne Foundry Corporation, subsidiary
of Cole Pattern and Engineering, Columbia City Division,
Columbia City, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 24, 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 2nd day of March 2010

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance