DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,127

JOHNSON METALL, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF A.E. COLE
FORMERLY A SUBSIDIARY OF JOHNSON METALL GROUP
LORAIN, 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 25, 2015 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Johnson Metall, Inc., a subsidiary of A.E. Cole, formerly a
subsidiary of Johnson Metall Group, Lorain, Ohio. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
bronze and brass bearing retainers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and business
customers of the firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of bronze and brass bearing retainers by
Johnson Metall, Inc., Lorain, Ohio have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Johnson Metall, Inc., Lorain, Ohio have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Johnson Metall, Inc., Lorain, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnson Metall, Inc.,
a subsidiary of A.E. Cole, formerly a subsidiary of Johnson
Metall Group, Lorain, Ohio, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of bronze and brass bearing retainers
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 Johnson Metall, Inc., a subsidiary of A.E.
Cole, formerly a subsidiary of Johnson Metall Group,
Lorain, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 29, 2014, 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 18th day of March 2016.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance