DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,805

THYSSENKRUPP WAUPACA, INC.
PLANT 6
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD USA
ETOWAH, 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 November 9, 2009 on behalf of workers of Thyssenkrupp
Waupaca, Inc., Plant 6, Etowah, Tennessee. The workers produce
gray iron rotors and drums for use on braking systems for cars
and trucks. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Randstad USA.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thyssenkrupp
Waupaca who are engaged in employment related to the production
of drums and rotors meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers within the workers' firm have become separated from
employment during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Thyssenkrupp Waupaca produced and sold rotors and drums to Webb
Wheel Products, Inc., Cullman, Alabama covered by
certification number TA-W-70,725 issued on August 24, 2009
based on an acquisition of articles from a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the articles provided
by Thyssenkrupp Waupaca for Webb Wheel Products, Inc. accounted
for at least 20 percent of the sales of Thyssenkrupp Waupaca.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thyssenkrupp Waupaca,
Inc., Plant 6, Etowah, Tennessee, including on-site leased
workers from Randstad USA, who are engaged in employment related
to production of rotors and drums, 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 Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc., Plant 6,
Etowah, Tennessee, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 5, 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 15th day of January, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance