DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,139

WAUPACA FOUNDRY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HITACHI METALS AMERICA, LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
LAWRENCEVILLE, 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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 13, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Waupaca Foundry, Inc., a
subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America, Ltd., Lawrenceville,
Pennsylvania (Waupaca Foundry-Lawrenceville). Workers of
Waupaca Foundry-Lawrenceville are engaged in activities related
to the production of gray and ductile iron products for the
automotive, industrial, agricultural, and construction sectors.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Waupaca Foundry-
Lawrenceville have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Waupaca Foundry-Lawrenceville.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Waupaca Foundry-
Lawrenceville, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of gray and ductile iron products, 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 Waupaca Foundry, Inc., a subsidiary of
Hitachi Metals America, Ltd., including on-site leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 12,
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 5th day of September 2020.

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