DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,360

MANN+HUMMEL ADVANCED FILTRATION CONCEPTS, INC.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 January 26, 2010 on behalf of workers of Mann+Hummel
Advanced Filtration Concepts, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
(Mann+Hummel). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of filtration systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mann+Hummel who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
filtration systems meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of filtration systems by Mann+Hummel have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
filtration systems by Mann+Hummel have increased.
Specifically, a customer has significantly increased its
imports of filtration systems like those produced by
Mann+Hummel during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of filtration systems by a customer of
Mann+Hummel contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Mann+Hammel.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mann+Hummel Advanced
Filtration Concepts, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of air
filtration systems 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 Mann+Hummel Advanced Filtration Concepts,
Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 21, 2009,
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 18th day of May, 2010.

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