DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,107

REGAL WARE, INC.
KEWASKUM MANUFACTURING PLANT
KEWASKUM, WISCONSIN

TA-W-62,107A

REGAL WARE, INC.
WEST BEND MANUFACTURING PLANT
WEST BEND, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 6, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Regal Ware, Inc., Kewaskum Manufacturing Plant,
Kewaskum, Wisconsin (TA-W-62,107) and Regal Ware, Inc., West Bend
Manufacturing Plant, West Bend, Wisconsin (TA-W-62,107A). The
workers produce steel cookware, commercial food products and water
purification products. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product and are not separately identifiable by location.
The workers of both plants were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under TA-W-57,630 and TA-W-57,630A, which
expired September 2, 2007.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
has declined since the expiration of the above certification.
The subject firm has shifted a substantial portion of steel
cookware, commercial food products and water purification products
manufacture to a facility in China. The articles produced in China
have been imported to the United States and imports are expected to
increase.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that that there was a shift in
production from the subject firm to China of articles that are like
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm,
and there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of
like or directly competitive articles. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Regal Ware, Inc., Kewaskum Manufacturing
Plant, Kewaskum, Wisconsin (TA-W-62,107) and Regal Ware, Inc.,
West Bend Manufacturing Plant, West Bend, Wisconsin (TA-W-
62,107A) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 3, 2007 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 26th day of December 2007

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