DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,217

KEYSTONE PROFILES, LTD.
BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 September 8, 2015 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Keystone Profiles, Ltd., Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of cold drawn steel bars.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, major declining customer, and
the American Iron Steel Institute.
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 cold drawn steel bars by Keystone Profiles,
Ltd. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
produced by Keystone Profiles, Ltd. have increased. Furthermore,
the firm loss business (bids) to a firm producing outside of the
United States for the United States market.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Keystone Profiles,
Ltd.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Keystone Profiles,
Ltd., Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of cold drawn steel bars 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 Keystone Profiles, Ltd., Beaver Falls,
Pennsylvania, 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 24th day of March 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance