DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,048

PREMIER TECHNICAL PLASTICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
MINDEN, LOUISIANA

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 December 28, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Premier Technical Plastics, Minden, Louisiana. The
workers produced plastic injection molded parts and assemblies
for outdoor products. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Premier
Technical Plastics, who were engaged in employment related to
production of plastic injection molded parts and assemblies,
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers were separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of plastic injection molded parts and assemblies
by Premier Technical Plastics have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
plastic injection molded parts and assemblies produced by
Premier Technical Plastics have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Premier Technical Plastics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Premier Technical
Plastics, Minden, Louisiana, who were engaged in employment
related to production of plastic injection molded parts and
assemblies, 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 Premier Technical Plastics, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower, Minden, Louisiana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 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 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 February, 2011


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