DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,624

TEKNOR APEX COMPANY
TEKNOR COLOR DIVISION
HEBRONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS

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 9, 2009 by Teamsters Local 251 on behalf of
workers of Teknor Apex Company, Teknor Color Division,
Hebronville, Massachusetts. The workers at the subject firm
produce colorants.
The investigation revealed that workers of Teknor Apex
Company, Teknor Color Division, Hebronville, Massachusetts
engaged in employment related to the production of colorants
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm have been separated or are
threatened with separation 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 to Singapore by Teknor Apex Company contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Hebronville,
Massachusetts facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Teknor Apex Company,
Teknor Color Division, Hebronville, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in employment related to production of colorants 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 Teknor Apex Company, Teknor Color Division,
Hebronville, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 8, 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 16th day of November, 2009


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