DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,724

CONTINENTAL TIRE THE AMERICAS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CONTINENTAL AG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACRO SERVICE CORPORATION
MT. VERNON, 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 April 11, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Continental Tire the Americas, LLC, a subsidiary
of Continental AG, including on-site leased workers from Acro
Service Corporation, Mt. Vernon, Illinois ("Continental
Tire"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of tires for passenger, light truck, and
commercial vehicles.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
The investigation revealed that on February 19, 2019, the
International Trade Commission ("ITC") found that an industry
in the United States is materially injured by reason of subject
imports of truck and bus tires from China. This finding was
made upon remand of the ITC's negative determination regarding
material injury to the same U.S. industry. A petition has been
filed on behalf of workers of Continental Tire. That firm was
publicly identified by name by the ITC 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 February 19, 2019, which is within
one year of the date of the petition filed requesting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification. Worker separations
occurred during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Continental Tire the
Americas, LLC, a subsidiary of Continental AG, including on-
site leased workers from Acro Service Corporation, Mt. Vernon,
Illinois, engaged in activities related to the production of
tires for passenger, light truck, and commercial vehicles, 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 Continental Tire the Americas, LLC, a
subsidiary of Continental AG, including on-site leased
workers from Acro Service Corporation, Mt. Vernon,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after February 19, 2018, through
February 19, 2020, 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 6th day of May 2019.

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