DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,104

FORTIS PLASTICS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF PLASTICS ACQUISITION INC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PRODUCTION STAFFING
POPLAR BLUFF, 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 November 22, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fortis Plastics, LLC, a subsidiary of Plastics
Acquisition Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of small engine
components. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Production Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and a customer of the 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/or production of small engine components by Fortis
Plastics, LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of small engine components like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by Fortis Plastics, LLC
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Fortis Plastics, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fortis Plastics, LLC,
a subsidiary of Plastics Acquisition Inc., Poplar Bluff,
Missouri, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of small engine components 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 Fortis Plastics, LLC, a subsidiary of
Plastics Acquisition Inc., including on-site leased
workers form Production Staffing, Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
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 4th day of January, 2012

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