DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,416

GATES DENVER MACHINING CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF GATES CORPORATION
DENVER, COLORADO

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 25, 2009 by the Colorado Department of Labor
and Employment on behalf of workers of Gates Denver Machining
Center, a subsidiary of Gates Corporation, Denver, Colorado.
The workers manufacture steel molds that are used in the
production of rubber industrial belts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Gates Denver
Machining Center, a subsidiary of Gates Corporation, Denver,
Colorado, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of steel molds, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm will become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Gates
Corporation, Denver, Colorado, is acquiring steel molds from
Denver, Colorado to Germany, Belgium, Mexico and China, rather
then from the subject firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
steel molds from foreign countries by Gates Corporation,
Denver, Colorado, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gates Denver
Machining Center, a subsidiary of Gates Corporation, Denver,
Colorado, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of steel molds 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 in of Gates Denver Machining Center, a
subsidiary of Gates Corporation, Denver, Colorado, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 24, 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 24th day of November 2009.


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