DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,127

WINTERSTEIGER, INC.
SEEDMECH DIVISION
COLWICH, KANSAS

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 26, 2009 by a company official, on behalf of
workers of Wintersteiger, Inc., Seedmech Division, located in
Colwich, Kansas. The workers manufacture a Series Drill/Planter
(Hege 1000) used in farming research.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wintersteiger,
Inc., Seedmech Division, Colwich, Kansas who are engaged in
employment related to manufacturing the Hege 1000 meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers were laid off during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the entire
production of the Series Drill/Planter was shifted to Austria.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of the Series Drill/Planter (Hege 1000) from the
Kansas plant to Austria contributed importantly to the worker
group separations at Wintersteiger, Inc., Colwich, Kansas.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wintersteiger, Inc.,
Seedmech Division, Colwich, Kansas, who are engaged in
activities related to manufacturing the Series Drill/Planter
called the Hege 1000 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 Wintersteiger, Inc., Seedmech Division,
Colwich, Kansas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 25, 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 7th day of October, 2009


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