DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-73,465

TECHMA U.S.A., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY TEMPORARY SERVICES
GRETNA, VIRGINIA


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 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 February 16, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of TECHMA U.S.A., Inc., Gretna, Virginia (TECHMA
U.S.A.). The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of automotive component parts. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Kelly Temporary Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of TECHMA U.S.A.,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
automotive component parts, meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at TECHMA U.S.A. was totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of TECHMA U.S.A.
produced automotive component parts to a firm that employed a
worker group who is currently covered by a Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) certification, and the component parts are
directly incorporated into the article that was the basis for
the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by TECHMA U.S.A. with the afore-mentioned firm, with respect to
automotive component parts, contributed importantly to worker
separations at the Gretna, Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of TECHMA U.S.A., who are engaged in
employment related to the production of automotive component
parts, 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 TECHMA U.S.A., Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Temporary Services, Gretna,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 3, 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 15th day of July, 2010
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance