DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,002

CATERPILLAR INC.
ADVANCED COMPONENTS SYSTEMS DIVISION
"BUILDING KK"
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
SERVICES, G&D INTEGRATED, HAGERMEYER NORTH AMERICA INC.,
ILLINOIS CRANE, ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, TOOL & GAGE HOUSE, VONACHEN
SERVICES INC. (VSI), AND WIESE ENGINEERING & PLANNING
EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 30, 2015 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Caterpillar Inc., Advanced Components Systems
Division, "Building KK", East Peoria, Illinois (Building KK).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of gears, transmissions, shafts, and planet carriers
(component parts). Workers are not separately identifiable by
articles produced. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Advanced Technology Services, G&D Integrated,
Hagemeyer North America Inc., Illinois Crane, Rockwell
Automation, Tool& Gage House, Vonachen Services Inc. (VSI), and
Wiese Engineering & Planning.
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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with those produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Building
KK.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Building KK, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of component
parts, 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 Caterpillar Inc., Advanced Components
Systems Division, "Building KK", including on-site leased
workers from Advanced Technology Services, G&D Integrated,
Hagemeyer North America Inc., Illinois Crane, Rockwell
Automation, Tool& Gage House, Vonachen Services Inc.,(VSI),
and Wiese Engineering & Planning, East Peoria, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 1, 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 21st day of November 2015.

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