DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,875

BENTELER AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF AUSTRIAN BENTELER INTERNATIONAL AG
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER OF LANSING
GALESBURG, 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 June 8, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Benteler Automotive Corporation, a subsidiary of
Austrian Benteler International AG, Automotive Division,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower of Lansing,
Galesburg, Michigan (herein referred to as "Benteler"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of automotive parts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the subject 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/or production of produced by Benteler have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Benteler 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
Benteler.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Benteler Automotive
Corporation, a subsidiary of Austrian Benteler International
AG, Automotive Division, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower of Lansing, Galesburg, Michigan, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of automotive 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 Benteler Automotive Corporation, a
subsidiary of Austrian Benteler International AG,
Automotive Division, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower of Lansing, Galesburg, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 7, 2017 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 20th day of July 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance