DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,324

KINETIC ENTERPRISE
DBA TRIEM ELECTRIC MOTORS
MEBANE, NORTH CAROLINA

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), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 30, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kinetic Enterprise, DBA Triem Electric Motors,
Mebane, North Carolina. The workers produce electric motors
and electric motor components.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kinetic
Enterprise, who are engaged in employment related to production
of electric motors, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of electric motors by Kinetic Enterprise have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles
into which one or more component parts produced by Kinetic
Enterprise are directly incorporated have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Kinetic Enterprise.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kinetic Enterprise,
DBA Triem Electric Motors, Mebane, North Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to production of electric motors,
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 Kinetic Enterprise, DBA Triem Electric
Motors, Mebane, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 22,
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 26th day of January, 2011

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