DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,240

AMERICAN APPLIANCE PRODUCTS, INC.
NASHVILLE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SSW HOLDING COMPANY INC.
MADISON, TENNESSEE


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 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Appliance Products, Inc., Nashville
Division, a subsidiary of SSW Holding Company, Inc., Madison,
Tennessee (American Appliance Products, Inc.). The workers
produce steel wire baskets and shelving for refrigerators.
The investigation revealed that workers of American
Appliance Products, Inc. who are engaged in employment related
to the production of steel wire baskets and shelves for
refrigerators meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least 5 percent
of workers have been separated during January through April
2009 over the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of steel wire baskets and shelves for
refrigerators by American Appliance Products, Inc. have
decreased absolutely during January through April 2009 over
the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with steel
wire baskets and shelving for refrigerators by American
Appliance Products, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of steel wire shelves and baskets by
customers of American Appliance Products, Inc. contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at American Appliance Products, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Appliance
Products, Inc., Nashville Division, a SSW Holding Company
Inc., Madison, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related
to steel wire basket and shelving for refrigerators 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 American Appliance Products, Inc.,
Nashville Division, a SSW Holding Company Inc., Madison,
Tennessee, 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 19th day of August, 2009.



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