DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,942

ALFMEIER CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF CORESTAFF SERVICES
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 August 7, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Alfmeier Corporation, Greenville, South Carolina.
The workers produce automotive fuel valves for use in the
assembly of motor vehicles. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers of Corestaff Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alfmeier
Corporation, Greenville, South Carolina who are engaged in
employment related to the production of automotive fuel valves
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated, or are threatened with
separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Alfmeier
Corporation is shifting to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
automotive fuel valves to Mexico by Alfmeier Corporation
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Greenville, South Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alfmeier Corporation,
including leased on-site workers of Corestaff Services,
Greenville, South Carolina who are engaged in employment related
to the production of automotive fuel valves 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 Alfmeier Corporation, including leased on-
site workers of Corestaff Services, Greenville, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 6, 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 24th day of August, 2009

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