DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,620

TICONA POLYMERS
A BUSINESS OF CELANESE CORPORATION
POLYMER PRODUCTION UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MUNDY
GROVER, NORTH CAROLINA

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 March 3, 2010 on behalf of workers of Ticona Polymers,
a business of Celanese Corporation, Polymer Production Unit,
Grover, North Carolina (hereinafter referred to as Ticona
Polymers, Polymer Production Unit). The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Mundy. The workers were engaged in
activities related to the production of engineered resins and
technical polymers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ticona Polymers,
Polymer Production Unit, who were engaged in activities
related to the production of engineered resins and technical
polymers, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because all the workers were
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive to resins and technical polymers produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
resins and technical polymers from Turkey by Ticona Polymers,
Polymer Production Unit, contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Grover, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ticona Polymers, a
business of Celanese Corporation, Polymer Production Unit,
including on-site leased workers from Mundy, Grover, North
Carolina, who were engaged in activities related to the
production of engineered resins and technical polymers, 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 Ticona Polymers, a business of Celanese
Corporation, Polymer Production Unit, including on-site
leased workers from Mundy, Grover, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 22, 2009, 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 19th day of August, 2010.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance