DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,772

COMPONENT BAR PRODUCTS, LLC
O'FALLON, MISSOURI

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 March 5, 2020 by an American Job Center on behalf of
workers of Component Bar Products, LLC, O'Fallon, Missouri
(Component Bar Products, LLC). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of brake line components
for the automotive industry, ammunition components for the
Defense industry, and electrical components for
commercial/residential industry.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, 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 brake line components for the automotive
industry, ammunition components for the Defense industry,
electrical components for commercial/residential industry by
Component Bar Products, LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Component Bar Products, LLC 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
Component Bar Products, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Component Bar
Products, LLC, O'Fallon, Missouri, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of brake line components
for the automotive industry, ammunition components for the
Defense industry, electrical components for
commercial/residential industry 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 Component Bar Products, LLC, O'Fallon,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 4, 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 14th day of July 2020.

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