DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,248

POLYTECH COATINGS LAB OF USA, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

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 (19 USC
2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on in response to a petition
received on April 25, 2008 in response to a petition filed by a
company official on behalf of workers of Polytech Coatings Labs of
USA, Inc., including leased workers of Adecco Employment Services,
Reading, Pennsylvania. The workers produce powder coatings.
The investigation revealed that Polytech Coatings Labs of
USA, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania supplies component parts for
chain link fence, and a loss of business with a manufacturer of
such products whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at Polytech Coatings Labs.
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 determine that workers of Polytech Coatings Labs
of USA, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:



"All workers of Polytech Coatings Labs of USA, Inc., including
leased workers of Adecco Employment Services, Reading,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 24, 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 assis-
tance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of May 2008


/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance