DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,453

CARLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT

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 29, 2009, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Carling Technologies, Inc., Plainville, Connecticut
(Carling Technologies). Workers at the subject firm are engaged
in employment related to the production of tooling (including,
but not limited to, the production and assembly of molds, dies,
and prototypes). Workers are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Carling
Technologies, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of tooling, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in Carling Technologies was totally
or partially separated, or threatened with separation, during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
by Carling Technologies to a foreign country in the production
of articles like or directly competitive with the tooling
produced at the Plainville, Connecticut facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker
separations at Carling Technologies, Inc., Plainville,
Connecticut.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Carling Technologies,
Inc., Plainville, Connecticut, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of tooling, 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 at Carling Technologies, Inc., Plainville,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 26, 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 28th day of December, 2009


/S/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance