DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,747

F.J. FOLZ COMPANY, INC.
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

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 October 19, 2010 on behalf of workers of F.J. Folz
Company, Inc., Evansville, Indiana. The workers were engaged
in activities related to production of steel rebar.
The investigation revealed that workers of F.J. Folz
Company, Inc., who are engaged in activities related to the
production of steel rebar, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of steel rebar by F.J. Folz Company, Inc. have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the steel rebar produced by F.J. Folz Company, Inc., have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the sales/production declines and worker group separations
at F.J. Folz Company, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of F.J. Folz Company,
Inc., Evansville, Indiana, who were engaged in activities
related to production of steel rebar, 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 F.J. Folz Company, Inc., Evansville,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 15, 2009, 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 11th day of March, 2011


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance