DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,184

TRANS-GUARD INDUSTRIES
ANGOLA, INDIANA

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 30, 2009 on behalf of workers of Trans-Guard
Industries, Angola, Indiana (Trans-Guard Industries). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
barrier seals. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Trans-Guard
Industries who are engaged in activities related to the
production of barrier seals meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated, or are threatened with
separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of barrier seals by Trans-Guard Industries
to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of barrier
seals to China by Trans-Guard Industries contributed
importantly to worker separations at Trans-Guard Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Trans-Guard
Industries, Angola, Indiana who are engaged in activities
related to the production of barrier seals 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 Trans-Guard Industries, Angola, Indiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 22, 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 8th day of April, 2010


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