DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,063

OERLIKON FAIRFIELD
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF OC OERLIKON CORPORATION AG
LAFAYETTE, 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 July 27, 2015 by the United Auto Workers (UAW), Local
2317 on behalf of workers of Oerlikon Fairfield, a wholly owned
subsidiary of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Lafayette, Indiana
(herein referred to as "Oerlikon Fairfield"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of gear,
drive, and shifting solutions. The workers are not separately
identifiable by article produced.
Workers of Oerlikon Fairfield were certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition
number TA-W-82,545 that expired on March 26, 2015.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the
workers' firm's major declining customers.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of gear, drive, and shifting solutions by
Oerlikon Fairfield have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Oerlikon Fairfield have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Oerlikon Fairfield.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Oerlikon Fairfield, a
wholly owned subsidiary of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG,
Lafayette, Indiana, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of gear, drive, and shifting solutions 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 Oerlikon Fairfield, a wholly owned
subsidiary of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Lafayette,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 27, 2015 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 28th day of June 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance