DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,236

XCEL MOLD & MACHINE, INC.
NORTH CANTON, OHIO

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 on January 15, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Xcel Mold & Machine, Inc., North Canton, Ohio. The
workers produced plastic injection molds.
The investigation revealed that workers of Xcel Mold &
Machine, Inc., North Canton, Ohio who were engaged in employment
related to production of plastic injection molds meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of plastic injection molds by Xcel Mold &
Machine, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
plastic injection molds produced by Xcel Mold & Machine, Inc.
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations at Xcel Mold & Machine, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Xcel Mold & Machine,
Inc., North Canton, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related
to production of plastic injection molds 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 Xcel Mold & Machine, Inc., North Canton,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 4, 2009, 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 20th day of June, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance