DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,329

PORTAGE ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, 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:
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 June 30, 2010 on behalf of workers of Portage Electric
Products, Inc., North Canton, Ohio (PEPI). The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of thermal
control devices.
The investigation revealed that workers of PEPI who are
engaged in activities related to the production of thermal
control devices meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at PEPI have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by PEPI to a foreign country in the production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by PEPI.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of thermal
control devices to China by PEPI contributed importantly to
worker group separations at PEPI.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Portage Electric
Products, Inc., North Canton, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to thermal control devices 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 Portage Electric Products, Inc., North
Canton, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 23, 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 14th day of July, 2010.

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