DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,794

AMERICAN APPLIANCE PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SSW HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
NEWPORT, 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(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 29, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Appliance Products, Inc., a subsidiary of
SSW Holding Company, Inc., Newport, Tennessee (American
Appliance Products). The workers produce wire related products
for household appliances. The petitioners allege that
separations occurred due to a loss in sales from a TAA-
certified firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of American
Appliance Products who are engaged in employment related to
wire related products for household appliances meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have been separated in January through April 2009 when
compared to the same 2008 period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of American
Appliance Products produced and sold wire component parts to
Carrier Corporation to be incorporated into condensing units,
heat pumps, and air conditioners. Workers of Carrier
Corporation are covered by certification number TA-W-62,480
(issued on November 20, 2007) based on the increased imports
of residential cooling products.
Criterion III has been met because the wire related
products for household appliances produced by American
Appliance Products for Carrier Corporation accounted for at
least twenty percent of the production or sales of American
Appliance Products.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Appliance
Products, Inc., a subsidiary of SSW Holding Company, Inc.,
Newport, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to
wire related products for household appliances 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., a
subsidiary of SSW Holding Company, Inc., Newport,
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 5th day of October, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance