DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,538

MEADVILLE FORGING, CO., LP
A SUBSIDIARY OF KELLER GROUP, INC.
MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 November 25, 2008, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Meadville
Forging Co., LP, a subsidiary of Keller Group, Inc., Meadville,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce automotive forgings such as
wheel hubs and spindles.
The investigation revealed that Meadville Forging Co., LP, a
subsidiary of Keller Group, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania supplies
component parts for vehicles and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of vehicles whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at Meadville Forging
Co., LP, a subsidiary of Keller Group, Inc., Meadville,
Pennsylvania.
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 Meadville Forging Co.,
LP, a subsidiary of Keller Group, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania
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 Meadville Forging Co., LP, a subsidiary of
Keller Group, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
24, 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 15th day of January 2009


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