Certified
« back to search results

TAW-95046  /  Aluwind, Inc. (Castle Rock, CO)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 08/06/2018
Filed Date: 08/07/2019
Most Recent Update: 09/26/2019
Determination Date: 09/26/2019
Expiration Date: 09/26/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,046

ALUWIND, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALUMECO A/S
CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO

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 August 7, 2019, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Aluwind, Inc., a subsidiary of Castle Rock, Colorado
(herein referred to as "Aluwind, Inc."). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of aluminum
components for wind turbines.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Aluwind, Inc. 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the aluminum components for
wind turbines produced by the subject workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Aluwind, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aluwind, Inc., a
subsidiary of Alumeco A/S, Castle Rock, Colorado, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of aluminum
components for wind turbines, 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 Aluwind, Inc., a subsidiary of Alumeco A/S,
Castle Rock, Colorado, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 6, 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 26th day of September 2019.

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