DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,249

RICHLAND CENTER FOUNDRY LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, INC., AND TRES-M SOLUTIONS
RICHLAND CENTER, WISCONSIN

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 December 22, 2015 on behalf of workers of Richland
Center Foundry LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Corporate Development, Inc., and Tres-M Solutions, Richland
Center, Wisconsin (herein referred to as "Richland Center
Foundry, LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of iron castings.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, and major declining customers
of the workers' 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 iron castings produced by Richland Center
Foundry LLC 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 Richland Center Foundry LLC 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
Richland Center Foundry LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Richland Center
Foundry LLC, including on-site leased workers from Corporate
Development, Inc., and Tres-M Solutions, Richland Center,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of iron castings 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 Richland Center Foundry LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Corporate Development, Inc., and
Tres-M Solutions, Richland Center, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 17, 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 1th day of June 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance