DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,813

STORM MANUFACTURING GROUP INC. (SMG)
MACHINE SHOP
A SUBSIDIARY OF STORM INDUSTRIES INC.
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA

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 April 11, 2017 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Storm Manufacturing Group Inc. (SMG), Machine
Shop, a subsidiary of Storm Industries Inc., Torrance,
California (SMG-Machine Shop). Workers of SMG-Machine Shop are
engaged in activities related to the production of machined
components that are used for the assembly of machined
components. The subject worker group (SMG-Machine Shop) does
not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in SMG-Machine Shop 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 the machined components
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at SMG-Machine Shop.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SMG-Machine Shop, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of machined
components, 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 Storm Manufacturing Group Inc. (SMG),
Machine Shop, a subsidiary of Storm Industries Inc.,
Torrance, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 10, 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 16th day of June 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance