DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,223

SUMITOMO ELECTRIC WIRING SYSTEMS, INC.
DESIGN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD./
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY

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 December 7, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc., Design
Engineering Department, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric
Industries, Ltd./ Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Bowling Green,
Kentucky (Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the engineering of electrical
distribution systems for automotive OEM, inclusive of wiring
harnesses for prototype and after market sales.
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 such workers' firm 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 an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sumitomo Electric
Wiring Systems, Inc., Design Engineering Department, a subsidiary
of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd./ Sumitomo Wiring Systems,
Ltd., Bowling Green, Kentucky, who are engaged in activities
related to the engineering of electrical distribution systems for
automotive OEM, inclusive of wiring harnesses for prototype and
after market sales 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 engineering of electrical distribution
systems for automotive OEM, inclusive of wiring harnesses
for prototype and after market sales, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 6,
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 4th day of January, 2013.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance