DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,008

NCI GROUP, INC.

METAL COATERS DIVISION

A SUBSIDIARY OF CORNERSTONE BUILDINGS BRANDS, INC.

AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 June 23, 2020 by the United Steelworkers (USW), on
behalf of workers of NCI Group, Inc., Metal Coaters Division, a
subsidiary of Cornerstone Buildings Brands, Inc., Ambridge,
Pennsylvania. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of coated metal coils including
cleaning, pre-treating, and roll-applying organic coatings in a
continuous process on a full range of commercial steel and
aluminum substrates, including in-house slitting and embossing
services (hereafter referred to as "coated metal coils").

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and U.S.
International Trade Commission.

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 coated metal coils produced by NCI Group,
Inc., Metal Coaters Division, a subsidiary of Cornerstone
Buildings Brands, Inc., Ambridge, Pennsylvania have decreased.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by NCI Group, Inc., Metal Coaters Division, a
subsidiary of Cornerstone Buildings Brands, Inc., Ambridge,
Pennsylvania have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at NCI
Group, Inc., Metal Coaters Division, a subsidiary of Cornerstone
Buildings Brands, Inc., Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of NCI Group, Inc.,
Metal Coaters Division, a subsidiary of Cornerstone Buildings
Brands, Inc., Ambridge, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production coated metal coils
including cleaning, pre-treating, and roll-applying organic
coatings in a continuous process on a full range of commercial
steel and aluminum substrates, including in-house slitting and
embossing services 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 NCI Group, Inc., Metal Coaters Division, a
subsidiary of Cornerstone Buildings Brands, Inc., Ambridge,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 22, 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 February, 2021.


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance