DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,327

SAPA FABRICATED PRODUCTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF SAPA INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES
MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS

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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009 by an Arkansas rapid response coordinator
on behalf of workers of SAPA Fabricated Products, a subsidiary
of SAPA Incorporated, Magnolia, Arkansas. The investigation
revealed that the worker group includes on-site leased workers
of Manpower Temporary Services. Workers at the subject firm
manufacture aluminum products and are not separately
identifiable by products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of SAPA Fabricated
Products, a subsidiary of SAPA Incorporated, including on-site
leased workers of Manpower Temporary Services, Magnolia,
Arkansas who are engaged in employment related to the production
of aluminum products meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of aluminum products by the subject firm
decreased during the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
like or directly competitive aluminum products produced by
SAPA Fabricated Products, a subsidiary of SAPA Incorporated,
Magnolia, Arkansas have increased by customers. The Department
of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of like or
directly competitive aluminum products during 2007, 2008,
January through April 2008 and January through April 2009. The
survey revealed increased reliance on imported aluminum
products.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports of aluminum products contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at SAPA Fabricated Products, a subsidiary of SAPA
Incorporated, Magnolia, Arkansas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SAPA Fabricated
Products, a subsidiary of SAPA Incorporated, including on-site
leased workers of Manpower Temporary Services, Magnolia,
Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to production of
aluminum products, meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:


"All workers of SAPA Fabricated Products, a subsidiary of
SAPA Incorporated, including on-site leased workers of
Manpower Temporary Services, Magnolia, Arkansas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 18, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 8th day of December 2009.


/s/Elliot S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance