DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,590

FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED
HI-TECH/DURAVENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
GEORGETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS

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 March 2, 2010 on behalf of workers of Flexible
Technologies, Incorporated, Hi/Tech/Duravent, (Flexible
Technologies, Incorporated) Georgetown, Massachusetts. Workers
at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to the
production of medical and industrial hoses. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product. The investigation revealed
that the worker group at the subject firm includes on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Flexible
Technologies, Incorporated, Hi/Tech/Duravent, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Georgetown, Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of medical and industrial hoses, 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/or production of medical and industrial hoses by the
subject firm decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with medical and
industrial hoses produced by Flexible Technologies,
Incorporated have increased. Specifically, the Department of
Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's major declining
customers regarding their purchases of medical and industrial
hoses during the relevant period. The survey revealed increased
customer reliance on imported medical and industrial hoses.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of medical and industrial hoses by
customers of Flexible Technologies, Incorporated contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Flexible Technologies,
Incorporated.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flexible
Technologies, Incorporated, Hi/Tech/Duravent, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Georgetown, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of medical and industrial hoses 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 Flexible Technologies, Incorporated,
Hi/Tech/Duravent, including on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals, Georgetown,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 26, 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 11th day of June 2010


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