DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,333

ELLWOOD NATIONAL CRANKSHAFT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
AND ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
IRVINE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 by three workers on September 17, 2009 on behalf of
workers of Ellwood National Crankshaft Company, Irvine,
Pennsylvania. Workers at the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of engine crankshafts. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product. The worker
group also includes on-site leased workers of Express Personnel
Services and Adecco Employment Services.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Ellwood
National Crankshaft Company who are engaged in employment
related to the production of engine crankshafts meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of engine crankshafts by the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with engine crankshafts
produced by Ellwood National Crankshaft Company have
increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a
survey of the subject firm's major declining customers regarding
their purchases of engine crankshafts during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported engine crankshafts.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of engine crankshafts by customers of
Ellwood National Crankshaft Company contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Ellwood National Crankshaft Company, Irvine, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ellwood National
Crankshaft Company, including on-site leased workers of Express
Personnel Services and Adecco Employment Services, Irvine,
Pennsylvania who are engaged in activities related to the
production of engine crankshafts 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 Ellwood National Crankshaft Company,
including on-site leased workers of Express Personnel
Services and Adecco Employment Services, Irvine,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 15, 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 5th day of February 2010


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