DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,460
AMWELD BUILDING PRODUCTS
GARRETTSVILLE, FACILITY
GARRETTSVILLE, OHIO

TA-W-62,460A
AMWELD BUILDING PRODUCTS
NILES FACILITY
NILES, OHIO

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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 November 14, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Amweld Building Products, Garrettsville Facility,
Garrettsville, Ohio (TA-W-62,460), and Amweld Building Products,
Niles Facility, Niles, Ohio (TA-W-62,460A). The workers produce
hollow metal steel doors and frames.
The investigation revealed a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm are threatened to
become separated from employment.
Production of the hollow metal steel doors and frames
manufactured in the Garrettsville and Niles facilities is being
shifted to Mexico, a country that is party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
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 possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Amweld Building Products, Garrettsville
Facility, Garrettsville, Ohio (TA-W-62,460), and Amweld
Building Products, Niles Facility, Niles, Ohio (TA-W-
62,460A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 2, 2006 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 12th day of December 2007


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