DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,409

SUMITOMO ELECTRIC WIRING SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
WIRING HARNESS DIVISION
BOWLING GREEN, 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:
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 February 3, 2010, by a company official, on behalf of
workers of Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc., a subsidiary
of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Wiring Harness
Division, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sumitomo). The workers
produce wiring harnesses for the automotive industry. Workers
are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sumitomo, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of wiring
harnesses, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Sumitomo has become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Sumitomo is shifting the
production of wiring harnesses to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Bowling Green, Kentucky facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sumitomo Electric
Wiring Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric
Industries, Ltd., Wiring Harness Division, Bowling Green,
Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of wiring harnesses, 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 Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Wiring
Harness Division, Bowling Green, Kentucky, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 2, 2009, through two years from the date of
certification, 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 14th day of May, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance