DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,570

SEKISUI VOLTEK, LLC
COLDWATER DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEKISUI CHEMICAL COMPANY
COLDWATER, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 7, 2009 on behalf of workers of Sekisui Voltek,
LLC, Coldwater Division, a subsidiary of Sekisui Chemical
Company, Coldwater, Michigan (Sekisui Voltek). The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of closed cell
foam buns for general industrial use.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sekisui Voltek
who are engaged in employment related to closed cell foam buns
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of closed cell foam buns by Sekisui Voltek have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with closed cell foam
buns by Sekisui Voltek have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports by Sekisui Voltek contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Sekisui Voltek.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sekisui Voltek, LLC,
Coldwater Division, a subsidiary of Sekisui Chemical Company,
Coldwater, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to
production of closed cell foam buns 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 Sekisui Voltek, LLC, Coldwater Division, a
subsidiary of Sekisui Chemical Company, Coldwater,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 7, 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 19th day of November, 2009


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