DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,977

MOLD-MASTERS INJECTIONEERING LLC
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF APPLE ONE, STAFFING ASSOCIATES,
MARISTAFF, INC., AND AEROTEK COMMERCIAL STAFFING
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification 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.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 10, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Mold-Masters Injectioneering, Spartanburg, South Carolina. The
workers produce injection molding machinery for plastics
manufacturing. The firm also leases workers from Apple One,
Staffing Associates, Maristaff Inc., and Aerotek Commercial
Staffing.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm has separated
workers from employment at South Carolina and is shifting
production of injection molding machinery for plastics
manufacturing to Canada, a country that is party to a Free Trade
Agreement with the United States.
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 assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Canada of articles that are like
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:

"All workers of Mold-Masters Injectioneering, including
leased workers of Apple One, Staffing Associates, Maristaff
Inc., and Aerotek Commercial Staffing, Spartanburg, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 8, 2007 through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 21st day of March 2008


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance