DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,031

ULTRABLEND, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMBASSADOR PERSONNEL SERVICES
CHARLOTTE, 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 October 28, 2011 on behalf of workers of Ultrablend,
LLC., Charlotte, North Carolina. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of paint vortex machines
and dispensers. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Ambassador Personnel Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 vortex machines and dispensers by Ultrablend
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Ultrablend have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales and production declines at Ultrablend.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ultrablend, LLC.,
including on-site leased workers from Ambassador Personnel
Services Charlotte, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to production of paint vortex machines and
dispensers 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 Ultrablend, LLC., including on-site leased
workers from Ambassador Personnel Services Charlotte, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 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 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 16th day of December, 2011.



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