DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,010

VESUVIUS USA
FORMERLY KNOWN AS FOSECO METALLURGICAL, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF COOKSON GROUP, PLC
CONNEAUT, 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 August 12, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vesuvius USA, formerly known as Foseco
Metallurgical, Inc., a subsidiary of Cookson Group, PLC,
Conneaut, Ohio (Vesuvius). The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of technical ceramic used in the steel
and foundry industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vesuvius, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
technical ceramic, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm have been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with technical ceramic produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of technical
ceramic products to Canada contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Conneaut, Ohio facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vesuvius USA,
formerly known as Foseco Metallurgical, Inc., a subsidiary of
Cookson Group, PLC, Conneaut, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of technical ceramic, 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 Vesuvius USA, formerly known as Foseco
Metallurgical, Inc., a subsidiary of Cookson Group, PLC,
Conneaut, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 10, 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 5th day of May, 2010


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