DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,944

KOP-FLEX, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF EMERSON POWER TRANSMISSION
HANDOVER, MARYLAND


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 on December 1, 2010 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1784, on behalf of
workers of Kop-Flex, Inc., a subsidiary of Emerson Power
Transmission, Hanover, Maryland (Kop-Flex). The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of high
performance couplings for the transmission industry. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kop-Flex, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of high
performance couplings, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Kop-Flex has become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
in production of high performance couplings (or like or directly
competitive articles) by Kop-Flex to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico, Canada, Slovakia, Spain, France and China
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at the
Hanover, Maryland facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kop-Flex, Inc., a
subsidiary of Emerson Power Transmission, Hanover, Maryland, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of high
performance couplings, 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 Kop-Flex, Inc., a subsidiary of Emerson
Power Transmission, Hanover, Maryland, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
1, 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 February, 2011


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