[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 21992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8780]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,752]


Dynamerica Manufacturing, LLC, Muncie, IN; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On April 1, 2008, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on April 11, 2008 (73 FR 19896).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that criteria I.B. and II.B. have not been met. 
There were no plant sales or production declines nor was there as shift 
in production from the subject firm abroad.
    In the request for reconsideration the petitioner stated that he 
did not have exact knowledge of the subject firm's sales or production, 
but alleged that ``DynAmerica was and still is struggling financially'' 
and provided a history of the declining employment at the subject firm.
    On reconsideration, the Department contacted a company official to 
address these allegations. The official confirmed the accuracy of the 
statements released by the subject firm in the initial investigation 
regarding sales and production at Dynamerica Manufacturing LLC, Muncie, 
Indiana. Furthermore, the company official provided additional 
financial documentation supporting the facts that sales and production 
at the subject firm increased from 2006 to 2007.
    The petitioner further stated that the subject firm acquired a 
facility in Mexico and alleged that production has been shifted from 
Muncie facility to Mexico. In particular, the petitioner alleged, that 
the subject firm ``shipped presses and multislides to Mexico and the 
dies to make parts that they were running at DynAmerica.''
    The company official stated that Dynamerica Manufacturing LLC 
manufactures metal stampings in the plant in Mexico. The official 
emphasized that metal stampings manufactured in Mexico are not like or 
directly competitive with automotive safety components manufactured at 
Muncie plant.
    Furthermore, the company official stated that there was no shift in 
production of automotive safety components from Dynamerica 
Manufacturing LLC, Muncie, Indiana to Mexico in 2006 and 2007. The 
machinery mentioned by the petitioner in the request for 
reconsideration were purchased by Dynamerica specifically for its 
Mexican facility. The documentation shows that this machinery was 
shipped to Muncie plant for maintenance, safety and fit of tooling 
prior to being shipped to Mexico. ``Once the tool was debugged in the 
press, the tool and press was shipped Mexico.'' The official stated 
that the reason for the workers separations is related to a domestic 
shift in plant production.
    The investigation on reconsideration revealed that sales and 
production and the subject firm increased from 2006 to 2007 and that 
there was no shift in production abroad of articles like or directly 
competitive with the products manufactured by workers of the subject 
firm.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of Dynamerica Manufacturing, LLC, 
Muncie, Indiana.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of April, 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-8780 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]
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