DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,035

TECSTAR MFG. COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF MSG MFG. GROUP, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SEEK, INC.,
QPS COMPANIES AND SITE,
GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 14, 2009 on behalf of workers of TecStar Mfg.
Company, a subsidiary of MGS Mfg. Group, Inc., Germantown,
Wisconsin. The workers produce plastic parts for consumer and
commercial goods. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from SEEK, Inc., QPS Companies, and Site.
The investigation revealed that workers of TecStar Mfg.
Company, a subsidiary of MGS Mfg. Group, Inc., Germantown,
Wisconsin who are engaged in employment related to plastic
parts meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
TecStar Mfg. Company, a subsidiary of MGS Mfg. Group, Inc.,
Germantown, Wisconsin produced and sold plastic parts to
Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to be incorporated
into starters, relays, switches, and thermoplastic molded
parts. Workers of Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
are covered by certification number TA-W-71,671 issued on
September 30, 2009 based on a shift in production to a foreign
country.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
with Rockwell Automation contributed importantly to the sales
and production declines at TecStar Mfg. Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TecStar Mfg. Company,
a subsidiary of MGS Mfg. Group, Inc., Germantown, Wisconsin,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
plastic parts meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:



"All workers of TecStar Mfg. Company, a subsidiary of MGS
Mfg. Group, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
SEEK, Inc., QPS Companies, and Site, Germantown,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 13, 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 March, 2010


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