DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,074

MAHLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA, INC.
FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY

TA-W-75,074A

MAHLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA, INC.
PURCHASING UNIT
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN

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 January 10, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of MAHLE Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine Components USA,
Inc., Franklin, Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of piston rings (TA-W-75,074) and MAHLE
Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Purchasing
Unit, Muskegon, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of piston rings at the Franklin, Kentucky
facility (TA-W-75,074A).
The subject worker group does not include on-site leased
workers and does not include workers at the Muskegon, Michigan
facility who are not engaged in employment related to the
production of piston rings at the Franklin, Kentucky facility.
The investigation revealed that workers of MAHLE Industries
Inc., MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Franklin, Kentucky
(MAHLE-Franklin) and MAHLE Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine
Components USA, Inc., Purchasing Unit, Muskegon, Michigan
(MAHLE-Purchasing-Muskegon) meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at MAHLE-Franklin and MAHLE-Purchasing-
Muskegon are threatened with total separation from employment.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm is
shifting production of piston rings to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico is
contributing importantly to worker group separations at MAHLE
Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Franklin,
Kentucky, and MAHLE Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine Components
USA, Inc., Purchasing Unit, Muskegon, Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MAHLE Industries
Inc., MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Franklin, Kentucky, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of piston
rings (TA-W-75,074) and MAHLE Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine
Components USA, Inc., Purchasing Unit, Muskegon, Michigan, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of piston
rings at the Franklin, Kentucky facility (TA-W-75,074A), 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 MAHLE Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine
Components USA, Inc., Franklin, Kentucky (TA-W-75,074) and
all workers of MAHLE Industries Inc., MAHLE Engine
Components USA, Inc., Purchasing Unit, Muskegon, Michigan,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
piston rings at the Franklin, Kentucky facility (TA-W-
75,074A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 6, 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 21st day of January, 2011

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