DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,391

TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES, INC.
DBA RANAL, INC.
MEASUREMENT POINT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 24, 2009 on behalf of workers of Technology
Associates, Inc., DBA Ranal, Inc., Measurement Point Division,
Auburn Hills, Michigan. The workers provide measurement point
engineering and other mechanical engineering services. The
worker group includes on-site independent contractors.
The investigation revealed that workers of Technology
Associates, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
measurement point engineering and other mechanical engineering
services, meet the criteria as suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the Measurement Point
Division provided measurement point engineering and other
mechanical engineering services to a firm that employed a
worker group that is covered by an active certification to be
used in the production of automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because services provided by
the Measurement Point Division for the firm that employed a
TAA-certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent
of the sales of the Measurement Point Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Technology
Associates, Inc. doing business as Ranal, Inc., Measurement
Point Division, Auburn Hills, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to measurement point engineering and other
mechanical engineering services, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of Technology Associates, Inc. DBA Ranal,
Inc., Measurement Point Division, including on-site
independent contractors, Auburn Hills, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 20, 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 14th day of May, 2010


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