DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,335

INDIANA HANDLE CO., INC.
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CRESTWOOD MANUFACTURING, INC.
PAOLI, INDIANA

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on December 12, 2008,
applicable to workers of Indiana Handle Co., Paoli, Indiana. The
notice was published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2008
(73 FR 79914).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of wooden furniture components and
wood turnings.
New information shows that due to a change in ownership,
Indiana Handle Co., Inc., is currently known as Crestwood
Manufacturing, Inc.
Workers wages at the subject firm are being reported under
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account for Crestwood
Manufacturing, Inc.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to include workers of the subject firm whose UI wages are
reported under the successor firm, Crestwood Manufacturing, Inc.,
Paoli, Indiana.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-64,335 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Indiana Handle Co., Inc., currently known as
Crestwood Manufacturing, Inc., Paoli, Indiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 29, 2008, through December 12, 2010, 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 9th day of March, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,335

INDIANA HANDLE CO., INC.
PAOLI, INDIANA

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 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 3, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Indiana Handle Co., Inc., Paoli, Indiana. The workers
produce wooden furniture components and wood turnings.
The investigation revealed that employment and production
declined during the January through October 2008 period over the
corresponding 2007 period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
declining customers regarding their purchases of wooden furniture
components and wood turnings in 2006, 2007, and January through
October 2007, and the corresponding period in 2008. The survey
revealed that there was an increased reliance on imported furniture
components and wood turnings purchases during the relevant period.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with furniture components and wood
turnings produced at Indiana Handle Co., Inc., Paoli, Indiana
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Indiana Handle Co., Inc., Paoli, Indiana who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 29, 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 12th day of December, 2008

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance







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