DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,056

THE ESAB GROUP, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF OLSTEN STAFFING
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of The ESAB Group, Inc., Florence, South Carolina. The
workers produce cutting systems and welding equipment. The
worker group also includes on-site leased workers of OLSTEN
Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of The ESAB Group,
Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the production
of cutting systems and welding equipment meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been separated during the relevant period, and
future separations are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
is in the process of shifting 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 of cutting
systems and welding equipment to Germany, Poland, and Brazil
by The ESAB Group, Inc. is contributing importantly to worker
group separations.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The ESAB Group, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of OLSTEN Staffing, Florence,
South Carolina who are engaged in activities related to the
production of cutting systems and welding equipment 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 The ESAB Group, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of OLSTEN Staffing, Florence, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 17, 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 1st day of December, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance