DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,384

TORPEDO SPECIALTY WIRE, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF TORPEDO SPECIALTY WIRE, INC.
PITTSFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 21, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Torpedo Specialty Wire, Inc., a subsidiary of
Torpedo Specialty Wire, Inc., Pittsfield, Pennsylvania.
(Torpedo Specialty Wire). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of nickel plated steel
lead wire (for multiple uses). The subject worker group does
not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its customer(s).
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Torpedo Specialty
Wire is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Torpedo Specialty Wire with the firm that employed
a certified worker group contributed importantly to worker
separations at Torpedo Specialty Wire.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Torpedo Specialty
Wire, Inc., Pittsfield, Pennsylvania., who are engaged in
activities related to the production of nickel plated steel lead
wire, meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Torpedo Specialty Wire, Inc., a subsidiary
of Torpedo Specialty Wire, Inc., Pittsfield, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 15, 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 23rd day of March 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance