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TAW-95643  /  MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc. (Russellville, AR)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 02/03/2019
Filed Date: 02/04/2020
Most Recent Update: 11/04/2020
Determination Date: 11/04/2020
Expiration Date: 11/04/2022

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,643

MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MAHLE INDUSTRIES INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS

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 February 4, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., a subsidiary
of MAHLE Industries Inc., Russellville, Arkansas (MAHLE). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of steel camshafts for use in heavy duty diesel engine
applications. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Express Personnel Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, 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 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 steel camshafts for use in heavy duty
diesel engine applications by MAHLE have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article MAHLE 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
MAHLE.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MAHLE Engine
Components USA, Inc., a subsidiary of MAHLE Industries Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Express Personnel
Services, Russellville, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of steel camshafts for use in heavy
duty diesel engine applications 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 MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., a
subsidiary of MAHLE Industries Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Personnel Services,
Russellville, Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 3, 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 4th day of November 2020.

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