DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,057

LAMJEN, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CUSTOM ENGINEERING
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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(c) of the Trade Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can
be satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 9, 2009, on behalf of workers of Lamjen,
Inc., a subsidiary of Custom Engineering, Erie, Pennsylvania
(Lamjen, Inc.). The workers produce precision machined metal
components for various industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Lamjen, Inc. who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
precision machined metal components meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
period under investigation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Lamjen, Inc.
produced and sold precision machined metal components to a
firm that employed a worker group who is covered by an active
certification to be incorporated into industrial steam boilers
and electric heaters.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Lamjen, Inc. with the TAA-certified firm, with respect to
precision machined metal components sold to the TAA-certified
firm, contributed importantly to worker separations at Lamjen,
Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lamjen, Inc., a
subsidiary of Custom Engineering, Erie, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of precision
machined metal components meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:



"All workers of Lamjen, Inc., a subsidiary of Custom
Engineering, Erie, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 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 23rd day of April, 2010.


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