DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,931

MATRIX TOOL AND MOLD, INC.
TRINITY, 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:
(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 November 26, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Matrix Tool & Mold, Inc., Trinity, North Carolina
(subject firm). Workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of models, samples, jigs and steel embossing dies
for the furniture industry. The worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) and 222(a)(2)(A)(i) have been met
because the entire workforce has been totally separated from
employment and the subject firm has ceased to operate.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
the subject firm increased during the relevant period.
Specifically, U.S. aggregate imports of special tool and die,
jigs and fixtures increased significantly from 2009 to 2010.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of special tool and die, jigs and fixtures
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Trinity, North Carolina
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Matrix Tool & Mold,
Inc., 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 Matrix Tool & Mold, Inc., Trinity, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 30, 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 18th day of April, 2011


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