DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,265

NUMATICS, INC.
AIR PREP GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM KELLY SERVICES, AND EXPRESS PERSONNEL
LAPEER, MICHIGAN

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 17, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Numatics, Inc., Air Prep Group, a subsidiary of
Emerson Electric Company, Lapeer, Michigan (Numatics Air Prep
Group). The workers produce air filters, regulators,
lubricators, and dryers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Numatics Air
Prep Group who are engaged in employment related to the
production of air filters, regulators, lubricators, and dryers
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined during the partial year period of
January through April 2009 compared with the same period of
2008, and future separations are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of air
filters, regulators, lubricators, and dryers to Mexico by
Numatics Air Prep Group contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Numatics Air Prep Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Numatics, Inc., Air
Prep Group, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company, Lapeer,
Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of air filters, regulators, lubricators, and dryers
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 Numatics, Inc., Air Prep Group, a
subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, and Express Personnel,
Lapeer, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 10, 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 24th day of July, 2009.


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