DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,593

SAKTHI AUTOMOTIVE GROUP USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, KELLY SERVICES
ICR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL REPAIR, AND AQL
DETROIT, 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 January 23, 2020, by a company official on behalf of
workers of workers of Sakthi Automotive Group USA, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Kelly Services,
ICR Industrial Control Repair, and AQL, Detroit, Michigan
(hereafter referred as "Sakthi Automotive Group").
The workers are engaged in the production of steering
knuckles and related components.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Sakthi Automotive Group 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 Sakthi
Automotive Group sales has 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 Sakthi Automotive Group USA, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales and/or production declines at Sakthi
Automotive Group USA, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sakthi Automotive Group
USA, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Kelly
Services, ICR Industrial Control Repair, and AQL, Detroit,
Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of steering knuckles and related components, 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 Sakthi Automotive Group USA, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Kelly Services, ICR
Industrial Control Repair, and AQL, Detroit, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 22, 2019 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 15th day of December 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance