DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,735

KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
LIGHT DUTY CABLE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING ASA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO AND CAREER ADVENTURES
BENTON, LOUISIANA

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 May 14, 2013 by a state workforce agent on behalf of
workers of Kongsberg Automotive, Inc., Light Duty Cable
Division, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Automotive Holding ASA,
Benton, Louisiana (hereafter referred to as "Kongsberg
Automotive"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of cable assemblies for outdoor power
products and equipment (such as lawn mowers). The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Adecco and
Career Adventures.
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 a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
cable assemblies produced by the subject workers, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Kongsberg Automotive.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kongsberg Automotive,
Inc., Light Duty Cable Division, Benton, Louisiana, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of cable
assemblies for outdoor power products and equipment, 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 Kongsberg Automotive, Inc., Light Duty
Cable (LDC), a subsidiary of Kongsberg Automotive Holding
ASA, including on-site leased workers from Adecco and
Career Adventures, Benton, Louisiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 3, 2012
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 June, 2013

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