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TAW-72004  /  Chesterfield Tool and Engineering, Inc. (Daleville, IN)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 08/10/2008
Filed Date: 08/12/2009
Most Recent Update: 02/02/2010
Determination Date: 02/02/2010
Expiration Date: 02/02/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,004

CHESTERFIELD TOOL & ENGINEERING, INC.
TRI-STATE HONE & HYDRAULICS DIVISION
DALEVILLE, 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 August 12, 2009 on behalf of workers of Chesterfield
Tool & Engineering, Hone & Hydraulics Division, Daleville,
Indiana (hereinafter referred to as Chesterfield
Tool/Engineering). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of customized industrial machinery and
the supply of industrial machine repair and maintenance
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Chesterfield
Tool/Engineering meet the criteria as suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated during the relevant
period.




Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Chesterfield Tool/Engineering provided industrial machine
repair and maintenance services to Bridgestone Firestone
Diversified Products, Fire Industrial Products, Noblesville,
Indiana, a producer of air springs and molded rubber products
(hereinafter referred to as Bridgestone/Firestone). Workers of
Bridgestone/Firestone are covered by certification number TA-
W-64,200, issued based on increased company imports.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Chesterfield Tool/Engineering with respect to providing
repair and maintenance services to Bridgestone/Firestone
contributed importantly to worker separations at Chesterfield
Tool/Engineering.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chesterfield Tool &
Engineering, Hone & Hydraulics Division, Daleville, Indiana,
who provide customized industrial machinery and the supply of
industrial machine repair and maintenance services, 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 Chesterfield Tool & Engineering, Hone &
Hydraulics Division, Daleville, Indiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 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 2nd day of February, 2010


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