DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,496

STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
WIRE AND CABLE DIVISION
MISHAWAKA, 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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 16, 2012 on behalf of workers of Standard Motor
Products, Inc., Wire and Cable Division, Assembly Department,
Mishawaka, Indiana (Standard Motor Products, Inc., Wire and
Cable Division, Assembly Department). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of spark plug
wire, spark plug wire sets and related accessories.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Standard Motor
Products, Inc., Wire and Cable Division, Assembly Department
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened
to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the subject worker group which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Standard Motor Products, Inc.,
Wire and Cable Division, Assembly Department.
Per 29 CFR 90, the date of the petition cannot be more
than thirty (30) days before the date of filing of the
petition and related documents. As such, the impact date of
the immediate certification is March 17, 2011.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Standard Motor
Products, Inc., Wire and Cable Division, Assembly Department,
Mishawaka, Indiana, 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 Standard Motor Products, Inc., Wire and
Cable Division, Assembly Department, Mishawaka, Indiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 17, 2011 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 18th day of May, 2012


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