DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,672

THYSSEN KRUPP
WAUPACA, WISCONSIN

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 27, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Thyssen Krupp, Waupaca, Wisconsin. The workers produce gray
and ductile iron castings.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thyssen Krupp,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
gray and ductile iron castings, meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because more than five percent
of workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Thyssen Krupp produced and sold gray and ductile iron castings
to, among other TAA-certified firms, Robert Bosch, St. Joseph,
Michigan, to be incorporated into disc brake caliper assembly
components. Workers of Robert Bosch are covered by
certification number TA-W-62,337 issued based on imports of
disc brake caliper assembly components.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Thyssen Krupp with respect to gray and ductile iron
castings sold to Robert Bosch, among other TAA-certified
firms, contributed importantly to worker separations at
Thyssen Krupp.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thyssen Krupp,
Waupaca, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of iron castings 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 Thyssen Krupp, Waupaca, Wisconsin who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 27, 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 22nd day of October, 2009
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance