DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,715

THE CONAIR GROUP, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF
INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS EQUIPMENT GROUP, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
ALLTEK STAFFING
ALL SEASONS TEMPORARIES
MANPOWER INC.
PEAK TECHNICAL SERVICES
VENTURI STAFFING PARTNERS
THE CALLOS COMPANIES
AND
HUDSON GLOBAL RESOURCES
FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and




C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on January 8, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at The Conair
Group, Inc., a subsidiary of International Plastics Equipment
Group, Inc., Franklin, Pennsylvania. The workers produced
auxiliary equipment for plastics processors.
The investigation revealed that criteria I.C. and II.B. were
not met.

The petitioners allege that production was shifted to a
foreign source (China). The investigation revealed that The
Conair Group did not shift production to China or any other
foreign country nor import products like or directly competitive
with the products produced by workers at the subject plant.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major customers regarding their purchases of auxiliary
equipment for the production of plastics in 2006 over the 2005
period. The survey revealed that none of the respondents
imported auxiliary equipment for the production of plastics while
decreasing purchases from the subject firm during the relevant
period. Customers who reported imports of auxiliary equipment
for the production of plastics, either imported a negligible
amount of or decreased their import purchases from 2005 to 2006.
The investigation further revealed the company did not
shift production to a foreign country.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since
the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of The
Conair Group, Inc., a subsidiary of International Plastics
Equipment Group, Inc., including on-site leased workers of Alltek
Staffing, All Seasons, Manpower Inc., Peak Technical Services,
Venture Staffing, The Callos Companies and Hudson Global,
Franklin, Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C., this 14th day of February, 2007.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance