DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,849

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
GLOBAL MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING CENTER (GMEC) DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ITS TECHNOLOGIES AND
PAYROLL OPTIONS UNLIMITED
PERRYSBURG, 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 29, 2009 on behalf of workers of Owens-Illinois,
Inc., Global Manufacturing Engineering Center (GMEC) Division,
Perrysburg, Ohio. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from ITS Technologies and PayRoll Options Unlimited.
The workers supply engineering design services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Owens-Illinois,
Inc., Global Manufacturing Engineering Center (GMEC) Division,
Perrysburg, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of engineering design services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers in the Global Manufacturing Engineering Center in
Perrysburg were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Owens-Illinois,
Inc. shifted a portion of the services provided at the GMEC
Division in Perrysburg to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
engineering design services to Peru by Owens-Illinois
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
GMEC Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Owens-Illinois, Inc.,
Global Manufacturing Engineering Center (GMEC) Division,
Perrysburg, Ohio, including on-site leased workers from ITS
Technologies and PayRoll Options Unlimited, 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 Owens-Illinois, Inc., Global Manufacturing
Engineering Center (GMEC) Division, Perrysburg, Ohio,
including on-site leased workers from ITS Technologies
and PayRoll Options Unlimited, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 28,
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 16th day of February, 2010


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance