DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,189

LMI AEROSPACE, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SONACA
411 FOUNTAIN LAKES
ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI

TA-W-96,189A

LMI AEROSPACE, INC. D/B/A LEONARD'S METAL, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SONACA
3030 HIGHWAY 94
ST. CHARLES, 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(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 September 15, 2020 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of LMI Aerospace, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Sonaca, 411 Fountain Lakes, St.
Charles, Missouri (TA-W-96,189) and LMI Aerospace, Inc., d/b/a
Leonard's Metal, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonaca,
3030 Highway 94, St. Charles, Missouri (TA-W-96,189A)
(hereafter collectively referred to as "LMI Aerospace-
Missouri"). Workers of LMI Aerospace-Missouri are engaged in
activities related to the production of aerospace and aircraft
parts and are not separately identifiable by article produced.
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 LMI Aerospace-Missouri
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because LMI Aerospace-
Missouri is a Supplier to a firm(s) 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 finished article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the parts
produced by LMI Aerospace-Missouri for the afore-referenced
firm(s) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of LMI Aerospace-Missouri.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of LMI Aerospace-
Missouri, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of aerospace and aircraft parts, 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 LMI Aerospace, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Sonaca, 411 Fountain Lakes, St. Charles,
Missouri (TA-W-96,189) and LMI Aerospace, Inc., d/b/a
Leonard's Metal, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Sonaca, 3030 Highway 94, St. Charles, Missouri (TA-W-
96,189A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 14, 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 1st day of December 2020.

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