DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,359

MACFASTENERS
RIVER VALLEY TOOLING DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TRIMAS
PARIS, ARKANSAS

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 25, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of MacFasteners, River Valley Tooling Division, a
subsidiary of TriMas, Paris, Arkansas ("MacFasteners"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of bolts, screws, and specialty fasteners.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) 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 bolts, screws, and specialty fasteners by
MacFasteners 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 MacFasteners 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
MacFasteners.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MacFasteners, River
Valley Tooling Division, a subsidiary of TriMas, Paris,
Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of screws, bolts, and specialty fasteners 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 MacFasteners, River Valley Tooling
Division, a subsidiary of TriMas, Paris, Arkansas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 24, 2015 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 20th day of November 2017.

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