DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,751

NEW MATHER METALS, INC.
SUSPENSION DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
TOLEDO, 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:
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 November 3, 2009 by the company official on behalf of
workers of New Mather Metals, Inc., Suspension Division, a
subsidiary of NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Toledo, Ohio (New Mather
Metals Toledo). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of stabilizer bars used in the suspension
system of automobiles. The workers are not separately
identifiable by products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of New Mather
Metals Toledo, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of stabilizer bars meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of stabilizer bars decreased during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
stabilizer bars by New Mather Metals Toledo have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of stabilizer bars by New Mather Metals
Toledo contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at New Mather Metals Toledo.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of New Mather Metals,
Inc., Suspension Division, a subsidiary of NHK Spring Co., Ltd.,
Toledo, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to
stabilizer bars 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 New Mather Metals, Inc., Suspension
Division, a subsidiary of NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Toledo,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 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 28th day of January, 2010


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