DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,418

THERMAGON, INC. dba LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
THE RESERVES NETWORK, EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS,
SELECT STAFFING
CLEVELAND, 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 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Thermagon, Inc., dba Laird Technologies, Cleveland,
Ohio (Thermagon). The workers produce thermal interface
materials and another worker group repackages and distributes
thermal electronic devices. The investigation revealed that
workers are separately identifiable.
The worker groups include on-site leased workers of The
Reserves Network, Express Employment Professionals, and Select
Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thermagon
engaged in employment related to the production of thermal
interface material and the worker group that repackages and
distributes thermal electronic devices meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because more than 5% of the
worker group producing thermal interface material and more
than 5% of the worker group who repackage and distribute thermal
electronic devices were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the thermal interface
materials and also the repackaging and distribution of
electronic devices have been shifted to China and Sweden,
respectively.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production and services contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Thermagon, Inc., dba Laird Technologies,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermagon, Inc. dba
Laird Technologies, Cleveland, Ohio, including on-site leased
workers of The Reserves Network, Express Employment
Professionals, and Select Staffing, who are engaged in
employment related to production of thermal interface materials
and repackaging and distribution of thermal electrical devices
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 Thermagon, Inc. dba Laird Technologies,
Cleveland, Ohio, including on-site leased workers of The
Reserves Network, Express Employment Professionals, and
Select Staffing, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 22, 2009, 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 31st day of July, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance