DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,192

MAGNA TECHFORM OF AMERICA
CLOSURES GROUP DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
PORTLAND, TENNESSEE

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 September 9, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Magna Techform of America, Closures Group Division,
a subsidiary of Magna Closures Inc., Portland, Tennessee
(Magna Techform - Closures Group). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of automotive
assembled parts which includes wire products, hinge systems
and torsion rods. Workers are not separately identifiable by
article produced.
The subject worker group does not include on-site leased
workers.
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 Magna Techform - Closures
Group 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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the automotive
assembled parts produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Magna Techform -
Closures Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Magna Techform -
Closures Group, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of automotive assembled parts, 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 Magna Techform of America, Closures Group
Division, a subsidiary of Magna Closures Inc., Portland,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 8, 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 9th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance