DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,702

SEISSENSCHMIDT CORPORATION
USA DIVISION
LINAMAR-SEISSENSCHMIDT FORGING LFC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEISSENSCHMIDT GMBH
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TRILLIUM STAFFING AGENCY
OSCODA, MICHIGAN

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 April 14, 2016 by State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Seissenschmidt Corporation, USA Division, Linamar-
Seissenschmidt Forging LFC, a subsidiary of Seissenschmidt GmbH,
Oscoda, Michigan (Seissenschmidt-USA). The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of precision metal
and auto driveline systems. Workers of Seissenschmidt-USA are
not separately identifiable by article produced.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Trillium Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and the subject firm’s major
declining customer.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Seissenschmidt-USA 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 sales and/or
production at Seissenschmidt-USA 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 Seissenschmidt-USA have increased during
the relevant period.
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
Seissenschmidt-USA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Seissenschmidt-USA,
Oscoda, Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of precision metal and auto driveline systems, 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 Seissenschmidt Corporation, USA Division,
Linamar-Seissenschmidt Forging LFC, a subsidiary of
Seissenschmidt GmbH,, including on-site leased workers from
Trillium Staffing Agency, Oscoda, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 13, 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 5th day of August, 2016

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