DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,735

COLFOR MANUFACTURING, INC.
AN AAM COMPANY
MINERVA, OHIO

TA-W-72,735A

COLFOR MANUFACTURING, INC.
AN AAM COMPANY
SALEM, OHIO

Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on March 17, 2010, applicable to workers
of Colfor Manufacturing, Inc., Minerva, Ohio. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of transmission
and power train parts. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on April 23, 2010 (75 FR 21354).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm.
The Salem, Ohio location operated in conjunction with the
Minerva, Ohio facility, both locations experienced declining
sales, worker separations and were impacted by a lost of
business at the Minerva, Ohio manufacturing facility of the
subject firm. Information also shows that Colfor Manufacturing,
Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AAM Company.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to include workers of the Salem, Ohio location of the subject
firm and to show the correct name of the subject firm in its
entirety should read Colfor Manufacturing, Inc., an AAM Company.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-72,735 is hereby
issued as follows:
“All workers of Colfor Manufacturing, Inc., an AAM Company,
Minerva, Ohio (TA-W-72,735), and Colfor Manufacturing,
Inc., an AAM Company, Inc., Salem, Ohio (TA-W-72,735A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 28, 2008, through March 17, 2012, 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 4th day of April, 2011

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,735

COLFOR MANUFACTURING, INC.
MINERVA, OHIO

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 November 2, 2009 by the UAW, Local 4199 on behalf of
workers of Colfor Manufacturing, Inc., Minverva, Ohio. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
transmission and power train parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Colfor
Manufacturing, Inc. who are engaged in activities related to the
production of transmission and power train parts meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
transmission and power train parts produced by Colfor
Manufacturing, Inc. have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the transmission and
power train parts produced by Colfor Manufacturing, Inc. have
increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor surveyed
Colfor Manufacturing, Inc.’s major declining customers regarding
purchases of transmission and power train parts in 2007, 2008,
and January through June 2009. The survey revealed an increased
reliance on imported transmission and power train parts during
the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imported transmission and power train
parts by a customer of Colfor Manufacturing, Inc. contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and sales declines
at Colfor Manufacturing, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Colfor Manufacturing,
Inc., Minverva, Ohio who are engaged in activities related to
the production of transmission and power train parts 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 Colfor Manufacturing, Inc., Minverva, Ohio
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 28, 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 17th day of March, 2010

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





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