DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,227

FRANKE KITCHEN SYSTEMS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF FRANKE MANAGEMENT AG
KITCHEN SYSTEMS DIVISION
RUSTON, LOUISIANA

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 October 12, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Franke Kitchen Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Franke
Management AG, Kitchen Systems Division, Ruston, Louisiana
(herein referred to as "Franke"). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of stainless steel
kitchen sinks. Workers at the subject firm are not separately
identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Franke.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Franke Kitchen
Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Franke Management AG, Kitchen
Systems Division, Ruston, Louisiana, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of stainless steel kitchen
sinks 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 Franke Kitchen Systems LLC, a subsidiary of
Franke Management AG, Kitchen Systems Division, Ruston,
Louisiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 12, 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 23rd day of October 2018.

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