DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,050

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS HOLDINGS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
VISTEON CORPORATION, MSX INTERNATIONAL, AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY
SANDUSKY, OHIO


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 by a company official on August 17, 2009 on behalf of
workers of Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of
Ford Motor Company, Sandusky, Ohio (Automotive Components
Holdings, LLC). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of signal lamps, carbon
canisters, and air cleaners. The workers are separately
identifiable by products produced. The investigation revealed
that the worker group at the subject firm includes on-site
leased workers from Visteon Corporation, MSX International, and
Ford Motor Company.
The investigation further revealed that workers of
Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Ford
Motor Company, including on-site leased workers from Visteon
Corporation, MSX International, and Ford Motor Company,
Sandusky, Ohio who are engaged in employment related to the
production of signal lamps, carbon canisters, and air cleaners
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of signal lamps, carbon canisters, and air
cleaners by the subject firm decreased during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with signal lamps,
carbon canisters, and air cleaners produced by Automotive
Components Holdings, LLC have increased. Specifically, the
Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's
major declining customer regarding their purchases of signal
lamps, carbon canisters, and air cleaners during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported signal lamps, carbon canisters, and air cleaners.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of signal lamps, carbon canisters, and
air cleaners by customers of Automotive Components Holdings,
LLC contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Automotive Components
Holdings, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Automotive Components
Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, including
on-site leased workers from Visteon Corporation, MSX
International, and Ford Motor Company, Sandusky, Ohio, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of signal
lamps, carbon canisters, or air cleaners 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 Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, a
subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, including on-site
leased workers from Visteon Corporation, MSX
International, and Ford Motor Company, Sandusky, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 14, 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 December 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance