DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,092

AMERICAN PERMANENT WARE
A SUBSIDIARY OF STANDEX, INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STERLING PERSONNEL
DALLAS, TEXAS

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. (Set forth in 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 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Permanent Ware, a subsidiary of Standex,
International, Dallas, Texas (American Permanent Ware). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
kitchen equipment such as toasters, warmers, soup kettles,
overhead heat lamps, holding drawers, and food wells (kitchen
equipment). The workers are not separately identifiable by
products produced. The worker group also includes on-site leased
workers from Sterling Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of American
Permanent Ware who are engaged in activities related to the
production of kitchen equipment meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of kitchen equipment by American Permanent
Ware to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of kitchen equipment by American Permanent Ware to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at American
Permanent Ware.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Permanent
Ware, a subsidiary of Standex, International, including on-site
leased workers from Sterling Personnel, Dallas, Texas, who are
engaged in employment related to production of kitchen
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 American Permanent Ware, a subsidiary of
Standex, International, including on-site leased workers
from Sterling Personnel, Dallas, Texas, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August
18, 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 26th day of August, 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance