DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,577

SPRINGFIELD WIRE, INC.
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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 October 14, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Springfield Wire, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts.
The workers produce steel tubular heating elements. The
workers are currently under an existing certification (TA-W-
62,456), which expires on December 5, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Springfield
Wire, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of steel tubular heating elements meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have been separated over the relevant period and
future worker separations are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted 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 in
production of steel tubular heating elements to Mexico and
China by Springfield Wire contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Springfield Wire.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Springfield Wire,
Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of steel tubular heating elements
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 Springfield Wire, Inc., Springfield,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 6, 2009, 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 3rd day of December, 2009


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