DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,869

PARAGON MOLDING, LLC
TOOLING DEPARTMENT
WEST MILTON, OHIO

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 June 2, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Paragon Molding, LLC, Tooling Department, West Milton, Ohio.
The workers design and produce custom plastic injection tools,
inserts and fixtures.
The investigation revealed that workers of Paragon Molding,
LLC, Tooling Department, West Milton, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to designing and producing custom plastic
injection tools, inserts, and fixtures, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
plastic injection tools, inserts, and fixtures from China by
Paragon Molding, LLC contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Paragon Molding, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Paragon Molding, LLC,
Tooling Department, West Milton, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the design and production of plastic
injection tools, inserts, and fixtures 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 Paragon Molding, LLC, Tooling Department,
West Milton, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 31, 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 5th day of March, 2010

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance