DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

TA-W-70,377

Employment and Training Administration

MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS
AND TECHNOLOGY
A SUBSIDIARY OF MORGAN CRUCIBLE PLC
COUDERSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009, filed by the International Union of
Electronic and Communication Workers of America, Local 88612, on
behalf of workers at Morgan Advanced Materials and Technology,
Coudersport, Pennsylvania (Morgan AM & T). The workers produce
carbon seals and bearing, used for the mechanical seal industry.
The workers are not separately identifiable by articles
produced.
The investigation revealed that the worker group meets the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the worker group were separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Morgan AM & T has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with these carbon seals and bearings
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of carbon seals and bearings to Mexico contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Morgan AM & T.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Morgan Advanced
Materials and Technology, Coudersport, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of carbon seals
and bearings, 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 Morgan Advanced Materials and Technology,
Coudersport, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 20, 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 30th day of September, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance