DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,186

WESTECH BUILDING PRODUCTS (EVANSVILLE) LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF WESTLAKE CHEMICAL COMPANY
MOUNT VERNON, INDIANA

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 September 16, 2019 by state workforce office on behalf
of the workers of Westech Building Products (Evansville) LLC, a
subsidiary of Westlake Chemical Company, Mount Vernon, Indiana
(hereafter referred as "Westech Building Products"). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
PVC fence and decking material.
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 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 acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Westech Building Products.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Westech Building
Products (Evansville) LLC, a subsidiary of Westlake Chemical
Company, Mount Vernon, Indiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of PVC fence and decking material,
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 Westech Building Products (Evansville)
LLC, a subsidiary of Westlake Chemical Company, Mount
Vernon, Indiana, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 16, 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 October 2019.

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