DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,436

SPECIAL TOOL ENGINEERING, INC.
FRASER, 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(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 29, 2009, by a state workforce
representative on behalf of workers of Special Tool
Engineering, Inc., Fraser, Michigan. The workers produce
injection molds and vacuum form tools.
The investigation revealed that workers of Special Tool
Engineering, who are engaged in employment related to production
of injection molds and vacuum form tools, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the worker group was separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of injection molds and vacuum form tools by
Special Tool Engineering have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
injection molds and vacuum form tools produced by Special Tool
Engineering have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Special Tool Engineering.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Special Tool
Engineering, Inc., Fraser, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to injection molds and vacuum form tools
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 Special Tool Engineering, Inc., Fraser,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 7, 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 8th day of July, 2010

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