DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,460

MILACRON PLASTICS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VIOX SERVICES
BATAVIA, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for
another firm for articles or services with respect to which a
group of workers in such other firm has been certified under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term
"value-added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 5, 2010 by a One-Stop Operator Partner on
behalf of the workers of Milacron Plastics Technologies Group
LLC, Batavia, Ohio (Milacron Plastics Technologies Group).
Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to
the production of plastic processing machinery (including
administrative and engineering support services). The workers
are not separately identifiable by product or function. The
investigation revealed that the worker group includes on-site
leased workers from VIOX Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Milacron
Plastics Technologies Group, including on-site leased workers
from VIOX Services, Batavia, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the plastic processing machinery meet
the criteria as a downstream producer for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Milacron Plastics Technologies Group produced and were engaged
in the final assembly of plastic processing machinery for a
firm that employed a worker group who is covered by an active
certification. The certified firm provided component parts
that were related to the plastic processing machinery that was
the basis for such certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Milacron Plastics Technologies Group with a TAA-certified
firm, contributed importantly to the workers separation at
Milacron Plastics Technologies Group.









Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Milacron Plastics
Technologies Group, including on-site leased workers from VIOX
Services, Batavia, Ohio who are engaged in employment related to
the production of plastic processing machinery (including
administrative and engineering support services) 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 Milacron Plastics Technologies Group,
including on-site leased workers from VIOX Services,
Batavia, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 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 30th day of June 2010


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