DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,056

BALL METAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF BALL PACKAGING CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA

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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 7, 2011 by jointly by workers and the state
workforce representative on behalf of workers of Ball Metal
Beverage Container Corporation, a subsidiary of Ball Packaging
Corporation, Torrance, California (Ball Packaging
Corporation). The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Kelly Services. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of aluminum beverage cans.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's major declining
customer.
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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted the production of aluminum beverage cans to a
foreign country, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ball Packaging Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ball Metal Beverage
Container Corporation, a subsidiary of Ball Packaging
Corporation, including, Torrance, California, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of aluminum beverage
cans 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 Ball Metal Beverage Container
Corporation, a subsidiary of Ball Packaging Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Torrance, California, 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 23rd day of February, 2012.

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