DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,794

ENGINEERED WIRE PRODUCTS, INC.
UPPER SANDUSKY DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF KEYSTONE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES,
INC.
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO


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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 3, 2018 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Engineered Wire Products, Inc., Upper Sandusky
Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keystone Consolidated
Industries, Inc., Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of engineered
welded wire reinforcement mesh and industrial wire.
The investigation revealed that on July 7, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
steel reinforcing bar from Japan and Turkey. A petition has
been filed on behalf of workers of Engineered Wire Products,
Inc., Upper Sandusky Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
That firm was publicly identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in a category of determination that is
listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In
addition, that determination was published in the Federal
Register on July 7, 2017, which is within one year of the date
of the petition filed requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Engineered Wire
Products, Inc., Upper Sandusky Division, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., Upper
Sandusky, Ohio, engaged in activities related to the production
of welded wire reinforcement mesh and industrial wire, meet
the requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, I make the following certification:








"All workers of Engineered Wire Products, Inc., Upper
Sandusky Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keystone
Consolidated Industries, Inc., Upper Sandusky, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from that employment
on or after July 7, 2016 through July 7, 2018, 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 17th day of July 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance