DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,155

HEROUX DEVTEK, INC.
APPH WICHITA, INC. DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF HEROUX CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM THE ARNOLD GROUP
WICHITA, KANSAS

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;
(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is related
to the article or service that was the basis for such
certification; and
(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly
to the workers' separation or threat of separation.
Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or services used in the
production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case
may be, that were the basis for a certification of eligibility
under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a group of
workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 24, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Heroux Devtek, Inc., APPH
Wichita, Inc. Division, a subsidiary of Heroux Corporation,
Wichita, Kansas (Heroux Devtek/APPH Wichita). Heroux Devtek/APPH
Wichita is engaged in activities related to the production of
parts for aircraft and landing gear assemblies. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from The Arnold
Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and other
sources.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Heroux Devtek/APPH Wichita have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Heroux Devtek/APPH
Wichita is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the afore-referenced firm contributed importantly
to worker separations at Heroux Devtek/APPH Wichita.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Heroux Devtek/APPH
Wichita meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Heroux Devtek, Inc., APPH Wichita, Inc.
Division, a subsidiary of Heroux Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from The Arnold Group, Wichita, Kansas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 24, 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 6th day of September 2020.

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