DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,499

CASTWELL PRODUCTS, LLC
SKOKIE, 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(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 December 20, 2019 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Castwell Products, LLC, Skokie, Illinois
(Castwell). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of valve train components, gears, hydraulic
applications, compressor parts, turbocharger components and
transmission applications. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s).
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 at Castwell have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Castwell increased during the relevant period when
compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Castwell.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Castwell, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of valve train
components, gears, hydraulic applications, compressor parts,
turbocharger components and transmission applications, 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 Castwell Products, LLC, Skokie, Illinois,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 19, 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 3rd day of June 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
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DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance