DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,795

PIQUA CHAMPION FOUNDRY, INC.
PIQUA, 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 April 6, 2017, by an American Job Center on behalf of
workers of Piqua Champion Foundry, Inc., Piqua, Ohio (Piqua).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of grey and ductile iron castings, which are
components of pumps, compressors, and other machinery. The
worker group does not include on-site leased or temporary
workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, the subject
firm's major declining customer(s), and public sources.
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 at Piqua have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Piqua have increased during the relevant period
when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Piqua.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Piqua, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of grey and
ductile 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 Piqua Champion Foundry, Inc., Piqua, Ohio,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 5, 2016, 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 27th day of June 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance