DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,969

GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
TEMPORARY SERVICES
ANMOORE, WEST VIRGINIA

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 4, 2009 by the United Steelworkers, Local 8-276
Union President on behalf of workers of GrafTech International
Holdings, Inc., Anmoore, West Virginia. The workers produce
synthetic graphite products for high temperature applications.
The investigation revealed that workers of GrafTech
International Holdings, Inc., who are engaged in employment
related to synthetic graphite products for high temperature
applications, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the sales and/or
production of synthetic graphite products produced by GrafTech
International Holdings, Inc. have decreased in the relevant
period.
Criterion III has been met because the partial shift in
production of synthetic graphite products to South Africa by
GrafTech International Holdings, Inc. contributed importantly
to worker group separations at GrafTech International
Holdings, Inc. in Anmoore, West Virginia.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GrafTech
International Holdings, Inc., Anmoore, West Virginia, who are
engaged in employment related to synthetic graphite 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 GrafTech International Holdings, Inc.,
Anmoore, West Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 4, 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 22nd day of October, 2009

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