DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,322

PERTRONIX, INC.
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIFORNIA

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 June 30, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of PerTronix, Inc., Rancho Dominguez, California
(hereinafter referred to as PerTronix, Inc.). The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of aftermarket
automobile exhaust systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of PerTronix, Inc.,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
aftermarket automobile exhaust systems, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because all workers at the
workers' firm have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the automobile exhaust systems
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
aftermarket automobile exhaust systems to Mexico by PerTronix,
Inc. contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the Rancho Dominguez, California facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PerTronix, Inc.,
Rancho Dominguez, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of aftermarket automobile exhaust
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 PerTronix, Inc., Rancho Dominguez,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 25, 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 28th day of July, 2010

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