DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,672

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
FORMERLY TEMIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
ELMA, NEW YORK

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 March 10, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., formerly Temic
Automotive of North America, Inc., Elma, New York. The workers
produced automotive pressure sensors, electronic transmission
controllers, and electronic power steering controllers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Continental
Automotive Systems, Inc., who are engaged in activities
related to the production of automotive pressure sensors,
electronic transmission controllers, and electronic power
steering controllers, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Mexico and the Philippines by Continental
Automotive Systems, Inc. contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. in
Elma.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Continental
Automotive Systems, Inc., formerly Temic Automotive of North
America, Inc., Elma, New York, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of automotive pressure sensors,
electronic transmission controllers, and electronic power
steering controllers, 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 Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.,
formerly Temic Automotive of North America, Inc., Elma,
New York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 16, 2010, 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 17th day of May, 2010

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance