DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,266

WOLVERINE ADVANCED MATERIALS
A SUBSIDIARY OF ITT INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ELWOOD STAFFING
BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA

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 October 9, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Wolverine Advanced Materials, a subsidiary of ITT
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Elwood Staffing,
Blacksburg, Virginia (hereby referred to as "Wolverine Advanced
Materials")
Wolverine Advanced Materials is engaged in activities
related to the production of automotive brake shims and sealing
components.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the 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 at Wolverine Advanced
Materials 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 Wolverine
Advanced Materials sales and/or production has 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 Wolverine Advanced Materials have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales declines at Wolverine Advanced
Materials.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wolverine Advanced
Materials, a subsidiary of ITT Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Elwood Staffing, Blacksburg, Virginia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of automotive
brake shims and sealing components, 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 Wolverine Advanced Materials, a subsidiary
of ITT Inc., including on-site leased workers from Elwood
Staffing, Blacksburg, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 8,
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 10th day of April 2020.

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