DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,022

CURT MANUFACTURING, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CURT ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ISYMPHONY
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 30, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of CURT Manufacturing, LLC, a subsidiary of CURT
Acquisition Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from iSymphony, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (herein referred to as
"CURT Manufacturing"). The workers' firm is engaged in the
production of trailer hitches, wiring harnesses, side-steps,
bull bars, grill guards, tool boxes, and other automotive after-
market products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at CURT
Manufacturing.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CURT Manufacturing,
LLC, a subsidiary of CURT Acquisition Holdings, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from iSymphony, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of The workers' firm is engaged in the production of
trailer hitches, wiring harnesses, side-steps, bull bars, grill
guards, tool boxes, and other automotive after-market products
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 CURT Manufacturing, LLC, a subsidiary of
CURT Acquisition Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from iSymphony, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 27, 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 13th day of August 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance