DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,060

MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA, INC.
MII DIVISION
MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE

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 August 18, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., MII Division,
Morristown, Tennessee. The workers produce engine pistons.
The investigation revealed that workers of MAHLE Engine
Components USA, Inc., MII Division, Morristown, Tennessee who
are engaged in employment related to the production of engine
pistons meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers were separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of engine pistons by MAHLE Engine Components
USA, Inc. have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with engine pistons produced by MAHLE Engine Components USA,
Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports of engine pistons by customers
of the firm contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MAHLE Engine
Components USA, Inc., MII Division, Morristown, Tennessee, who
are engaged in employment related to production of engine
pistons 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 MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., MII
Division, Morristown, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 11,
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 21st day of April, 2010


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