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TAW-74619  /  Sematic USA, Inc. (Twinsburg, OH)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 08/16/2009
Filed Date: 09/13/2010
Most Recent Update: 11/04/2010
Determination Date: 11/04/2010
Expiration Date: 11/04/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,619

SEMATIC USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEMATIC GROUP
TWINSBURG, 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 September 13, 2010 on behalf of workers of Sematic USA,
Inc., a subsidiary of Sematic Group, Twinsburg, Ohio (subject
firm). The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of elevator components parts (elevator cabs,
entrances, doors, and door systems) and are not separately
identifiable by article produced. The worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at the subject firm has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the elevator component parts
produced at the subject firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Twinsburg, Ohio facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sematic USA, Inc., a
subsidiary of Sematic Group, Twinsburg, Ohio, 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 Sematic USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Sematic
Group, Twinsburg, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 16, 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 4th day of November, 2010


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