DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,083

AIM GROUP USA, INC.
SEKISUI AEROSPACE DIVISION
AUBURN, WASHINGTON

TA-W-96,083A

AIM GROUP USA, INC.
SEKISUI AEROSPACE DIVISION
RENTON, WASHINGTON

TA-W-96,083B

AIM GROUP USA, INC.
SEKISUI AEROSPACE DIVISION
SUMNER, WASHINGTON


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 July 23, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of AIM Group USA, Inc., Sekisui
Aerospace Division, Auburn, Washington (TA-W-96,083), AIM Group
USA, Inc., Sekisui Aerospace Division, Renton, Washington (TA-W-
96,083A), and AIM Group USA, Inc., Sekisui Aerospace Division,
Sumner, Washington (TA-W-96,083B)(hereafter collectively
referred to as "Sekisui Aerospace-Washington"). Workers of
Sekisui Aerospace-Washington are engaged in activities related to
the production of aerospace composite components and aircraft
structures and are not separately identifiable by product line.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Sekisui Aerospace-Washington have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Sekisui Aerospace-
Washington 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)(A) has been met because the component
parts produced for the afore-referenced firm accounted for at
least 20 percent of production or sales of Sekisui Aerospace-
Washington.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sekisui Aerospace-
Washington, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of aerospace composite components and aircraft
structures, 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 AIM Group USA, Inc., Sekisui Aerospace
Division, Auburn, Washington (TA-W-96,083), AIM Group USA,
Inc., Sekisui Aerospace Division, Renton, Washington (TA-W-
96,083A), and AIM Group USA, Inc., Sekisui Aerospace
Division, Sumner, Washington (TA-W-96,083B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 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 14th day of August 2020.

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