DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,098

PROFAB METAL PRODUCTS, INC.
LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 21, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Profab Metal Products, Inc., Lynn, Massachusetts.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of customized precision sheet metal parts and
rolled aluminum enclosures.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of customized precision sheet metal parts
and rolled aluminum enclosures by Profab Metal Products, Inc.,
Lynn, Massachusetts have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Profab Metal Products, Inc., Lynn,
Massachusetts have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Profab Metal Products, Inc., Lynn, Massachusetts.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Profab Metal
Products, Inc., Lynn, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of customized precision
sheet metal parts and rolled aluminum enclosures, 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 Profab Metal Products, Inc., Lynn,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 24, 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 30th day of September 2019.

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