DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,206

ENGINEERING DESIGN AND SALES, INC.
DANVILLE, VIRGINIA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 3, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Engineering Design and Sales, Inc., Danville,
Virginia (EDS). The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of battery chargers and power supplies. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of EDS, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of battery
chargers and power supplies, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers at EDS has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of battery chargers and power supplies by
EDS have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with battery chargers
and power supplies produced by EDS have increased during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with battery chargers and power supplies by customers of EDS
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at EDS.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Engineering Sales and
Design, Inc., Danville, Virginia, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of battery chargers and power
supplies, 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 Engineering Design and Sales, Inc.,
Danville, Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 2, 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 16th day of February, 2010


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