DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,725

KNAPE & VOGT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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 February 24, 2020 on behalf of workers and former workers
of Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan
(Knape & Vogt). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of steel ball bearing slides.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and the subject
firm's major declining customer(s).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Knape & Vogt 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 Knape & Vogt
sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of like or directly competitive articles have 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 worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Knape & Vogt.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Knape & Vogt, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of steel ball
bearing slides, 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 Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company, Grand
Rapids, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 19, 2019 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 September 2020.

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