DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,992

IDEAL TOOL AND PLASTICS
A SUBSIDIARY OF JOINT VENTURE TOOL AND MOLD, LLC
MEADVILLE, 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:
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 December 2, 2009 on behalf of workers Ideal Tool and
Plastics, a subsidiary of Joint Venture Tool and Mold, LLC,
Meadville, Pennsylvania (Ideal Tool Meadville). The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of tooling.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm was
previously certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-
62,182. That certification expired on October 19, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ideal Tool
Meadville, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of tooling 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 production of tooling decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
tooling produced at the subject firm have increased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and declines in sales and production at Ideal Tool
Meadville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ideal Tool and
Plastics, a subsidiary of Joint Venture Tool and Mold, LLC,
Meadville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related
to production of tooling, 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 Ideal Tool and Plastics, a subsidiary of
Joint Venture Tool and Mold, LLC, Meadville, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 20, 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 10th day of March 2010.


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