DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,218

BALLANTYNE STRONG, INC.
CORPORATE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK,
REMEDY STAFFING, AND TMI MANAGEMENT
OMAHA, NEBRASKA

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 January 6, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ballantyne Strong, Inc., Corporate Division, Omaha,
Nebraska (Ballantyne Strong-Corporate Division). The workers’
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
analog (film) projectors. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Aerotek, Remedy Staffing, and TMI
Management.
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 at Ballantyne Strong-Corporate Division have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the
reliance on company imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the analog (film) projectors by Ballantyne
Strong-Corporate Division have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on company imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Ballantyne Strong-Corporate Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ballantyne Strong-
Corporate Division, Omaha, Nebraska, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of analog (film)
projectors, 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 Ballantyne Strong, Inc., Corporate
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Remedy Staffing, and TMI Management, Omaha, Nebraska, 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 9th day of February, 2012.

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance