DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,861

AMERICAN TRIM, LLC.
SOUTHERN OPERATIONS
FORMERLY KNOWN AS SUPERIOR METAL PRODUCTS, INC.
CULLMAN, ALABAMA

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), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for
worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of paragraph
(b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be met. It is
determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of Section 222, as
amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on in response to a petition
received on August 13, 2008 in response to a petition filed by a
company official on behalf of workers of American Trim, LLC, Southern
Operations, formerly known as Superior Metal Products, LLC, Cullman,
Alabama. The workers produce appliance parts and specialty coatings
for marine parts. The workers are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that there has been a decline in
employment at the subject firm during the period under investigation.
The investigation further revealed that American Trim, LLC,
Southern Operations, formerly known as Superior Metal Products, LLC,
Cullman, Alabama supplies component parts for 20" free standing
ranges, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales is
supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, 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 workers of American Trim, LLC, Southern Operations,
formerly known as Superior Metal Products, LLC, Cullman, Alabama
qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of American Trim, LLC, Southern Operations, formerly
known as Superior Metal Products, LLC, Cullman, Alabama who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after August
8, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 29th day of August 2008


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