DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-42,023
SATURN ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING, INC.
AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination 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 eligi-
bility 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially sepa-
rated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on August 26, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Saturn
Electronics & Engineering, Inc., Auburn Hills, Michigan. The
workers produced electronic assemblies and modules.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
electronic assemblies and modules produced by the subject plant.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc., Auburn
Hills, Michigan, regarding their purchases of electronic
assemblies and modules in 2000, 2001, and January-July 2002. The
survey revealed that no respondent reported increasing imports of
electronic assemblies and modules while decreasing purchases from
the subject firm during the relevant period.

The investigation further revealed that any separations at the
subject firm were the result of a shift in production of electronic
assemblies and modules to another facility of the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Saturn
Electronics & Engineering, Inc., Auburn Hills, Michigan, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 15th day of November 2002.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance