DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,520
POSITRONIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PENMAC
MT. VERNON, MISSOURI

TA-W-80,520A
POSITRONIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PENMAC
423 N. CAMPBELL AVENUE AND
1325 N. ELDON AVENUE
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

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 October 17, 2011 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Positronic Industries, Inc., Mt. Vernon, Missouri (TA-W-
80,520) and Positronic Industries, Inc., 423 N. Campbell
Avenue and 1325 N. Eldon Avenue, Springfield, Missouri (TA-W-
80,520A). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of electronic connectors. The worker group
includes leased workers from Penmac on-site at each location.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of electronic connectors by Positronic
Industries have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Positronic Industries have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the Mt. Vernon,
Missouri and Springfield, Missouri facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Positronic
Industries, Inc., including on-site leased from Penmac, Mt.
Vernon, Missouri (TA-W-80,520) and Positronic Industries,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Penmac, 423 N.
Campbell Avenue and 1325 N. Eldon Avenue, Springfield,
Missouri (TA-W-80,520A), who are engaged in activities related
to production of electronic connectors 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 Positronic Industries, Inc. including on-
site leased workers from Penmac, Mt. Vernon, Missouri (TA-
W-80,520) and Positronic Industries, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Penmac, 423 N. Campbell Avenue
and 1325 N. Eldon Avenue, Springfield, Missouri (TA-W-
80,250A) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 13, 2010, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on December 20, 2011 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 16th day of December, 2011.


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