DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,975

B&C CORPORATION
JR WHEEL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF B&C SERVICES, INC.
NORTON, OHIO

TA-W-70,975A

B&C CORPORATION
JR ENGINEERING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF B&C SERVICES, INC.
BARBERTON, OHIO

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 June 4, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
B&C Corporation, JR Wheel Division, Norton, Ohio, including on-
site leased workers of B&C Services, Inc. (TA-W-70,975), and B&C
Corporation, JR Engineering Division, Barberton, Ohio, including
on-site leased workers of B&C Services, Inc. (TA-W-70,975A). The
workers provided wheel machining and polishing services.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm, who are engaged in providing wheel machining and polishing
services, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated by the subject firm.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of wheel machining and polishing services
provided by the subject firm workers have decreased absolutely
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
services like or directly competitive with wheel machining and
polishing services by a major subject firm customer have
increased. Specifically, a major customer has shifted
production of aluminum wheels to company-owned facilities
located in Mexico and Hungary countries, and performed the wheel
machining and polishing work in these facilities.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of wheel machining and polishing
services by customers of the subject firm contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of B&C Corporation, JR
Wheel Division, Norton, Ohio and B&C Corporation, JR Engineering
Division, Barberton, Ohio, including on-site leased workers of
B&C Services, Inc., who are engaged in providing wheel machining
and polishing services, 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 B&C Corporation, JR Wheel Division, Norton,
Ohio and B&C Corporation, JR Engineering Division,
Barberton, Ohio, including on-site leased workers of B&C
Services, Inc., who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 2, 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 2nd day of October, 2009.

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