DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,040

THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA STEERING GROUP
LADSON, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 December 8, 2009, by a one-stop operator on behalf of
workers of Thyssenkrupp Presta Steering Group, Ladson, South
Carolina. The workers produce automotive rack and pinion
gears.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thyssenkrupp
Presta Steering Group, Ladson, South Carolina who are engaged in
employment related to production of automotive rack and pinion
gears meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of automotive rack and pinion gears by
Thyssenkrupp Presta Steering Group have decreased absolutely
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
automotive rack and pinion gears produced by Thyssenkrupp
Presta Steering Group 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
Thyssenkrupp Presta Steering Group.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thyssenkrupp Presta
Steering Group, Ladson, South Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to production of automotive rack and pinion
gears 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 Thyssenkrupp Presta Steering Group,
Ladson, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 1, 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 July, 2010

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