DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,851

KENNAMETAL, INC.
IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-70,851A

KENNAMETAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF SPHERION STAFFING SERVICES
BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on March 25, 2010, applicable to workers and former
workers of Kennametal, Inc., Irwin, Pennsylvania (subject firm).
The Department’s Notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on April 23, 2010 (75 FR 21354). The subject
workers were engaged in activities related to the production of
tungsten carbide performs and armor piercing products.
Information obtained by the Department revealed that the
appropriate subdivision covered by the certification includes an
auxiliary facility producing carbide tips.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers of Kennametal, Inc., Bedford,
Pennsylvania, including on-site leased workers of Spherion
Staffing Services.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-70,851 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Kennametal, Inc., Irwin, Pennsylvania
(TA-W-70,851) and Kennametal, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Spherion Staffing Services,
Bedford, Pennsylvania (TA-W-70,851A), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 28, 2008, through March 25, 2012, 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 14th day of December, 2010

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
__________________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,851

KENNAMETAL, INC.
IRWIN, 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:
(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 worker
petition filed on June 2, 2009 on behalf of workers of Kennametal,
Inc., Irwin, Pennsylvania. The workers are engaged in the
production of tungsten carbide preforms and armor piercing
products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kennametal, Inc.,
who are engaged in employment related to tungsten carbide preforms
and armor piercing products, meet the criteria for certification.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or portion of the workers at the workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of tungsten carbide preforms and armor piercing
products by Kennametal, Inc. at the Irwin facility have decreased
in the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with tungsten
carbide preforms and armor piercing products by Kennametal, Inc.
have increased in the period under investigation relative to
domestic production at the Irwin facility.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of tungsten carbide preforms and armor piercing
products by Kennametal, Inc. contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Kennametal, Inc., Irwin, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kennametal, Inc.,
Irwin, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
tungsten carbide preforms and armor piercing 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 Kennametal, Inc., Irwin, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 28, 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 25th day of March, 2010


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




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