DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,923

ILLBRUCK AUTOMATIVE, INCORPORATED
HOWELL, MICHIGAN


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 4, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Illbruck Automotive, Incorporated, Howell, Michigan. The
workers are engaged on employment related to the production of
door water shields for the automotive industry. The workers are
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject plant decreased during the relevant period. The
subject firm ceased all production of door water shields during
the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of door water shields in
the 1999, 2000, and January to September 2000 and 2001 periods.
Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from the
subject firm while increasing import purchases of door water
shields.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Illbruck
Automotive, Incorporated, Howell, Michigan, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:



"All workers of Illbruck Automotive, Incorporated, Howell,
Michigan, engaged in the production of door water shields,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 4, 2000, through two years from the
date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of March, 2002



/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance