DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,413

TOPY AMERICA, INC.
STEEL WHEEL DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED ON-SITE WORKERS OF EMPLOYMENT PLUS
FRANKFORT, KENUCKY

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 February 26, 2009 in response to a petition filed on
behalf of workers of Topy America, Inc., Steel Wheel Division,
Frankfort, Kentucky. The workers produce steel wheels for motor
vehicles.
The subject firm has separated a substantial numbers of
workers at the Frankfort Steel Wheel Division.
The investigation revealed that Topy America, Inc., Steel
Wheel Division, Frankfort, Kentucky supplies component parts for
motor vehicles and a loss of business with a manufacturer of such
vehicles whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at the subject firm.
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 Topy America, Inc.,
Steel Wheel Division, Frankfort, Kentucky 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 Topy America, Inc., Steel Wheel Division,
including leased workers of Employment Plus, Frankfort,
Kentucky who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 25, 2008, 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 10th day of April 2009

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