DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,681

MEADVILLE FORGING COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF KELLER GROUP, INC.
MEADVILLE, 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(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 29, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of Meadville Forging Company, a
subsidiary of Keller Group, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania
(subject firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of wheel bearing components, drive
train gears, and valves. The workers are not separately
identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the workers' firm and its major
declining customer(s).
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 subject firm
sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the wheel
bearing components, drive train gears, and valves produced by
the subject firm 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 customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Meadville
Forging Company, a subsidiary of Keller Group, Inc., Meadville,
Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of wheel
bearing components, drive train gears, and valves, 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 Meadville Forging Company, a subsidiary of
Keller Group, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 28, 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 16th day of November 2018.

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