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TAW-70438  /  Durr Systems, Inc. (Plymouth, MI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/18/2008
Filed Date: 05/22/2009
Most Recent Update: 12/11/2009
Determination Date: 12/11/2009
Expiration Date: 12/11/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,438

DURR SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF DURR AG
INCLUDING ON-SITE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND LEASED WORKERS
FROM PDS SERVICES, A. BOSE, INC., BV TECHNOLOGIES, TEKPRO
CONSULTANTS, INC., DCS, INC., GODSHALL STAFFING SERVICES,
INC., GREENTECH, INC., TRH GROUP, LOVE, HOPE AND WISHES,
INTERNATIONAL CONTROLS CONSULTING, INTEGRITY SKILLED TRADES
GROUP, BALL CONTRACTING, LLC, LIGHTNING AUTOMATION, COMPTROL
AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN

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 22, 2009, on behalf of workers of Durr Systems,
Inc., a subsidiary of Durr AG, Plymouth, Michigan. The workers
produce painting and assembly systems. The investigation
revealed that the worker group includes on-site independent
contractors and leased workers from firms identified above.
The investigation revealed that workers of Durr Systems,
Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the production
of painting and assembly systems meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers were separated from employment during the period
under investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Poland, Mexico, and Germany by Durr AG
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Durr
Systems, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Durr Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of Durr AG, Plymouth, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of painting and assembly
systems 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 Durr Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Durr
AG, including on-site independent contractors and leased
workers from PDS Services, A. Bose, Inc., BV
Technologies, Tekpro Consultants, Inc., M.J. Coppola
Services, DCS, Inc., Godshall Staffing Services, Inc.,
Greentech, Inc., TRH Group, Love, Hope and Wishes,
International Controls Consulting, Integrity Skilled
Trades Group, Ball Contracting, LLC, Lightning
Automation, Comptrol Automation Systems, Plymouth,
Michigan, 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 the 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 11th day of December, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance