DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,043

KOCH ORIGINALS, INC.
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Koch Originals, Inc., Evansville, Indiana. The workers produce
metal fabricated furniture and metal fixtures, and provide
custom metal fabrication services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Koch Originals,
Inc., who are engaged in employment related to the production of
metal fabricated furniture and metal fixtures, and who provide
custom metal fabrication services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment
declined absolutely with the closure of the Evansville plant.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production by Koch decreased absolutely with the
closure of the Evansville facility.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with metal
fabricated furniture and metal fixtures produced by Koch have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of metal fabricated furniture and metal
fixtures contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Koch Originals,
Inc.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Koch Originals, Inc.,
Evansville, Indiana, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Koch Originals, Inc., Evansville, Indiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 18, 2008, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of September, 2009


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