DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,230

FRANTZ MANUFACTURING COMPANY
BEARING AND STERLING STEEL BALL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM GENI TEMPS/HAPPY TEMPS
STERLING, ILLINOIS

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 September 8, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Frantz Manufacturing Company, Bearing and Sterling
Steel Ball Division, Sterling, Illinois (Frantz Manufacturing
Company). The workers are engaged in production related to
conveyer bearings, wheels, and balls.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product
line. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Geni
Temps/Happy Temps.
The investigation revealed that workers of Frantz
Manufacturing Company who are engaged in employment related to
conveyer bearings, wheels, and balls meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
portion of workers at the subject firm have been separated in
January through July 2009 when compared with the corresponding
2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of conveyer bearings, wheels, and balls by
Frantz Manufacturing Company have decreased absolutely in
January through July 2009 when compared with the corresponding
2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with conveyer
bearings, wheels, and balls by Frantz Manufacturing Company
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of conveyer bearings, wheels, and balls by
customers of Frantz Manufacturing Company contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Frantz Manufacturing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Frantz Manufacturing
Company, Bearing and Sterling Steel Ball Division, including
on-site leased workers from Geni Temps/Happy Temps, Sterling,
Illinois, who are engaged in employment related to conveyer
bearings, wheels, and balls 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 Frantz Manufacturing Company, Bearing and
Sterling Steel Ball Division, including on-site leased
workers from Geni Temps/Happy Temps, Sterling, Illinois,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 2, 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 16th day of February, 2010.



/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance