DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,143

ALLIANCE GROUP TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY KOKOMO, INC.
PERU, 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
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)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm 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 January 27, 2011 on behalf of workers of Alliance
Group Technologies Company Kokomo, Inc., Peru, Indiana. The
workers produce electronic assemblies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alliance Group
Technologies Company Kokomo, Inc. who are engaged in employment
related to production of electronic assemblies, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated over the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of electronic assemblies by Alliance Group
Technologies Company Kokomo, Inc. have decreased absolutely
over the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
electronic assemblies produced by Alliance Group Technologies
Company Kokomo, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports of electronic assemblies
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Alliance Group Technologies
Company Kokomo, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alliance Group
Technologies Company Kokomo, Inc., who are engaged in
employment related to production of electronic assemblies, 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 Alliance Group Technologies Company
Kokomo, Inc., Peru, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 26,
2010, 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 6th day of April, 2011


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