DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,574

KENNAMETAL, INC.
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
LATROBE, 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 26, 2009, on behalf of workers of Kennametal,
Inc., Corporate Headquarters, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The
workers at the subject firm provide support services related to
the firm's production of carbide specials and metallurgical
powders. The petitioner alleges that the decline in
employment at the subject facility is related to the firm's
shift in production of carbide specials and metallurgical
powders to Canada.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kennametal, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in employment related to the production of carbide specials
and metallurgical powders meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject firm declined by a significant percentage from 2008
through April 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Kennametal, Inc.,
Chestnut Ridge Plant, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has shifted
production of carbide specials and metallurgical powders to
Canada.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of carbide specials and metallurgical powders to
Canada by Kennametal, Inc., Chestnut Ridge Plant, Latrobe,
Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Kennametal, Inc., Corporate Headquarters,
Latrobe Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kennametal, Inc.,
Corporate Headquarters, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in employment related to the production of carbide specials and
metallurgical powders 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 Kennametal, Inc., Corporate Headquarters,
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 21, 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 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance