DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,122

MARKOVITZ ENTERPRISES, INC.
FLOWLINE DIVISION
NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 May 20, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers at Markovitz Enterprises, Inc., Flowline Division, New
Castle, Pennsylvania. The workers produce stainless steel butt
weld fittings used in piping systems in the petro-chemical,
chemical, energy, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage
industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Markovitz
Enterprises, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
production of stainless steel butt weld fittings 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 production of stainless steel butt weld fittings by
Markovitz Enterprises, Inc. have decreased absolutely during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because increased
imports of stainless steel butt weld fittings contributed
importantly to worker separations and sales/production
declines in the Flowline Division.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Markovitz
Enterprises, Inc., Flowline Division, New Castle,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
production of stainless steel butt weld fittings 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 Markovitz Enterprises, Inc., Flowline
Division, New Castle, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 19,
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 13th day of July, 2010

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