DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,625

TITAN WHEEL CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA
A SUBSIDIARY OF TITAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MARTY, INC.
SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA

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 March 9, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Titan Wheel Corporation of Virginia, a subsidiary of
Titan International, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Marty, Inc., Saltville, Virginia ("Titan Wheel
Corporation of Virginia"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of steel wheels.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 steel wheels by Titan Wheel Corporation
of Virginia have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Titan Wheel Corporation of Virginia have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Titan Wheel Corporation of Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Titan Wheel
Corporation of Virginia, a subsidiary of Titan International,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Marty, Inc.,
Saltville, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of steel wheels 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 Titan Wheel Corporation of Virginia, a
subsidiary of Titan International, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Marty, Inc., Saltville, Virginia,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 8, 2017 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 25th day of July 2018.

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