DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,164

FORTIS PLASTICS, LLC
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

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. (Set forth in 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 11, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fortis Plastics, LLC, Brownsville, Texas (Fortis
Plastics). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of plastic injection molds (plastic components). The
workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fortis Plastics,
LLC, who are engaged in employment related to the production of
plastic injection molds meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in a portion of the production of plastic injection molds
by Fortis Plastics, LLC, to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of a portion
of the production of plastic injection molds by Fortis Plastics,
LLC, to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Fortis Plastics, LLC.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fortis Plastics, LLC,
Brownsville, Texas who are engaged in activities related to
production of plastic 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 Fortis Plastics, LLC, Brownsville, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after June 9, 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 March, 2010

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance