DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA TA-W-71,530

NORDSON CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM KELLY SERVICES, ROBERT HALF MANAGEMENT,
AND DAD ENGINEERING
AMHERST, 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 July 2, 2009, by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union, Local 1802, on behalf
of workers of Nordson Corporation, Amherst, Ohio. The workers
produce industrial coating and automotive adhesive dispensing
equipment. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Kelly Services, Robert Half Management, and DAD
Engineering.
The investigation revealed that workers of Nordson
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to the
production of industrial coating and automotive adhesive
dispensing equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been because at least five percent of the
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
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 in
production of industrial coating and automotive adhesive
dispensing equipment to China by Nordson Corporation
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Nordson
Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nordson Corporation,
Amherst, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of industrial coating and automotive adhesive
dispensing equipment 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 Nordson Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, Robert Half Management,
and DAD Engineering, Amherst, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 1,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 4th day of November, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance