DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,013

PENTRON CLINICAL TECHNOLOGIES
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
KERR DENTAL/SYBRON DENTAL SPECIALITIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
REITMAN PERSONNEL AND A.R. MAZZOTTA
WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT

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 4, 2009 by the Connecticut State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of Pentron Clinical Technologies, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Kerr Dental/Sybron Dental
Specialties, Wallingford, Connecticut (Pentron). The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of dental
materials such as dental prosthetics, dental composites, dental
impressions, dental adhesives, and other dental materials. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Reitman
Personnel and A.R. Mazzotta.
The investigation revealed that workers of Pentron who are
engaged in activities related to the production of dental
materials meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated from the subject firm and the
remaining workers are threatened with future separations.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted production of dental materials to a foreign
country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of dental
materials to a foreign country by the subject firm contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Pentron.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pentron Clinical
Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kerr Dental/Sybron
Dental Specialties, including on-site leased workers from
Reitman Personnel and A.R. Mazzotta, Wallingford, Connecticut,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
dental materials 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 Pentron Clinical Technologies, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Kerr Dental/Sybron Dental
Specialties, including on-site leased workers from
Reitman Personnel and A.R. Mazzotta, Wallingford,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 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 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 13th day of January, 2010.

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