DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,549

ARCELORMITTAL TAILORED BLANKS AMERICAS CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF
ARCELORMITTAL TAILORED BLANKS LUXEMBOURG HOLDING COMPANY
PIONEER, 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(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 February 20, 2019, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks Americas
Corporation, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks
Luxembourg Holding Company, Pioneer, Ohio. The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of laser
welded blanks, made of steel, to supply stamping operations
which stamp the blanks into automotive components such as door
rings, sun roofs, door panels, etc. The blanks are utilized
for automotive vehicles produced by the firm's customers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with articles produced, and
also acquired from a foreign country articles that are like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at
ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks Americas Corporation, Pioneer,
Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ArcelorMittal
Tailored Blanks Americas Corporation, a subsidiary of
ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks Luxembourg Holding Company,
Pioneer, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of laser welded blanks, 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 ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks Americas
Corporation, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Tailored
Blanks Luxembourg Holding Company, Pioneer, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 19, 2018, 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 14th day of April 2019.

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