DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,826

WEXCO CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF W-E INVESTMENTS CORPORATION
LYNCHBURG, 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 March 19, 2020, by United Steelworkers on behalf of
workers of Wexco Corporation, a subsidiary of W-E Investments
Corporation, Lynchburg, Virginia (Wexco Corporation). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of bi- and tri-metallic cylinders.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners, 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 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 bi- and tri-metallic cylinders by Wexco
Corporation 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 Wexco Corporation 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
Wexco Corporation.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wexco Corporation, a
subsidiary of W-E Investments Corporation, Lynchburg,
Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of bi- and tri-metallic cylinders, 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 Wexco Corporation, a subsidiary of W-E
Investments Corporation, Lynchburg, Virginia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 18, 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 28th day of July 2020.

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