DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,386

SOVEREIGN TOOL & ENGINEERING LLC
MUNCIE, 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(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 September 24, 2009 on behalf of workers of Sovereign
Tool and Engineering LLC, Muncie, Indiana (Sovereign Tool and
Engineering). The workers produce tools and dies for metal
stamping production.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sovereign Tool
and Engineering, who are engaged in employment related to tool
and die production, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of separations have occurred at Sovereign Tool and
Engineering during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Sovereign Tool and
Engineering has shifted production of articles like or directly
competitive with tools and dies to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker
separations at Sovereign Tool and Engineering, Muncie, Indiana.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sovereign Tool and
Engineering LLC, Muncie, Indiana, who are engaged in employment
related to tool and die production, 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 Sovereign Tool and Engineering LLC, Muncie,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 23, 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 10th day of March, 2010

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