DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,650

COLE PATTERN AND ENGINEERING
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

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 March 5, 2010 on behalf of workers of Cole Pattern and
Engineering, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The workers are engaged in
employment related to engineering services and tooling for
affiliated manufacturing firms.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cole Pattern and
Engineering, who are engaged in employment related to the
supply of engineering services and tooling for Fort Wayne
Foundry Corporation, meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Cole Pattern
and Engineering supplied services directly to a firm with a
TAA-certified worker group, and the services were related to
the production of articles that were the basis for
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Cole Pattern and Engineering with the TAA-certified firm,
with respect to the engineering services provided to the TAA-
certified firm, contributed importantly to worker separations
at the Fort Wayne, Indiana facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cole Pattern and
Engineering, Fort Wayne, Indiana, who are engaged in employment
related to engineering services and tooling, 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 Cole Pattern and Engineering, Fort Wayne,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 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 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 October, 2010


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