DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,902

TECH MOLDED PLASTICS, LP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM KELLY SERVICES, INC.,
CAREER CONCEPTS, AND SELECT STAFFING
MEADVILLE, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 3, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tech Molded Plastics, LP, Meadville, Pennsylvania
(Tech Molded Plastics). The workers produce injection molded
plastic parts, and injection molds. The petitioner alleges
that the sales and employment decline at the subject facility
is related to increased customer imports.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tech Molded
Plastics who are engaged in employment related to the
production of injection molded plastic parts, and injection
molds meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined from 2007 to 2008, and during the
partial year period of January through April 2009 compared
with the same period of 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Tech
Molded Plastics produced and sold injection molded plastic
parts to FCI USA, Inc., Electronics Division, Etters,
Pennsylvania, to be incorporated into electronic connectors.
Workers of FCI USA, Inc., Electronics Division, Etters,
Pennsylvania, are covered by certification number TA-W-62,891
issued based on a shift in production of electronic connectors
to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the plastic injected
parts produced by Tech Molded Plastics for FCI USA, Inc.,
Electronics Division, Etters, Pennsylvania, accounted for at
least 20 percent of the production or sales of Tech Molded
Plastics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tech Molded Plastics,
LP, Meadville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of injection molded plastic parts,
and injection molds 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 Tech Molded Plastics, LP, including on-
site leased workers from Kelly Services, Inc., Career
Concepts, and Select Staffing, Meadville, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 27, 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 22nd day of June, 2009.


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