DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,724

FRAM GROUP
AUTOLITE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM GEOMETRIC RESULTS INC.
FOSTORIA, OHIO

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 April 16, 2018 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Fram Group, Autolite Division, Fostoria, Ohio
(Fram-Autolite). Workers of Fram-Autolite are engaged in
activities related to the production of ceramic insulators for
spark plugs. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Geometric Results Inc.
Workers of the subject firm are eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under an earlier certification which
expired on April 21, 2018 (TA-W-91,542).
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 Fram-Autolite 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 ceramic insulators
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Fram-Autolite.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fram-Autolite,
Fostoria, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of ceramic insulators for spark plugs, 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 Fram Group, Autolite Division, including
on-site leased workers from Geometric Results Inc.,
Fostoria, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 22, 2018 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 23rd day of May 2018.

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