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TAW-93224  /  Superior Industries International Arkansas, LLC (Rogers, AR)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 10/10/2016
Filed Date: 10/12/2017
Most Recent Update: 10/31/2017
Determination Date: 10/31/2017
Expiration Date: 10/31/2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,224

SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL ARKANSAS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC.
ROGERS, 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;
(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 October 12, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Superior Industries International Arkansas, LLC, a
subsidiary of Superior Industries International Inc., Rogers,
Arkansas. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of aluminum road wheels for automobiles. However,
the worker group, the subject of the investigation, is
specifically engaged in activities related to the breakdown of
the manufacturing facility after the production was shifted
offshore.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of aluminum
road wheels for automobiles like or directly competitive with
the aluminum road wheels for automobiles by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Superior
Industries International Arkansas, LLC, a subsidiary of Superior
Industries International Inc., Rogers, Arkansas.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Superior Industries
International Arkansas, LLC, a subsidiary of Superior Industries
International Inc., Rogers, Arkansas, who are engaged in
activities related to the breakdown of the production facility
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 Superior Industries International Arkansas,
LLC, a subsidiary of Superior Industries International
Inc., Rogers, Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 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 31st day of October 2017.

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