DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,751

DENSO AIR SYSTEMS MICHIGAN, INC.
THERMAL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WSI AND ONSTAFF USA
BATTLE CREEK, 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;
(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 March 2, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of DENSO Air Systems Michigan,
Inc., Thermal Division, Battle Creek, Michigan (DENSO-Thermal
Division). Workers of DENSO-Thermal Division are engaged in
activities related to the production of heater pipes, evaporator
pipes, liquid tubes, and underfloor air conditioning pipe
assemblies for the automotive industry. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from WSI and OnStaff USA.
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 DENSO-Thermal Division
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 a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at DENSO-Thermal
Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of DENSO-Thermal
Division, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of heater pipes, evaporator pipes, liquid tubes, and
underfloor air conditioning pipe assemblies for the automotive
industry, 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 DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc., Thermal
Division, including on-site leased workers from WSI and
OnStaff USA, Battle Creek, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
28, 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 17th day of March 2020.

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