DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,996

MID-WEST MFG. LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF PTC GROUP HOLDINGS CORP.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS

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 July 20, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Mid-West Mfg. LLC, a subsidiary of PTC Group
Holdings Corp., Chicago Heights, Illinois ("Mid-West Mfg.
LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of cold drawn mechanical tubing (end uses
include hydraulic cylinders, axles, transmission shafts,
steering and suspension components).
The investigation revealed that on January 30, 2018, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
cold drawn mechanical tubing from China and India. A petition
has been filed on behalf of workers of Mid-West Mfg. LLC, a
subsidiary of PTC Group Holdings Corp., Chicago Heights,
Illinois. 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 January 30, 2018, which is within
one year of the date of the petition filed requesting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification. The workers were
have become totally or partially separated from the workers'
firm within the relevant the 1-year period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mid-West Mfg. LLC, a
subsidiary of PTC Group Holdings Corp., Chicago Heights,
Illinois, engaged in activities related to the production of
cold drawn mechanical tubing (end uses include hydraulic
cylinders, axles, transmission shafts, steering and suspension
components) 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 Mid-West Mfg. LLC, a subsidiary of PTC
Group Holdings Corp., Chicago Heights, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from that employment
on or after January 30, 2017, through the date of the
certification and who become totally or partially separated
from that employment from the date of the certification
through January 30, 2019, 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 9th day of August 2018.

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