DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

Investigative Report

TA-W-81,296

PENTAIR WATER FILTRATION INDIANA, LLC
WATER PURIFICATION DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF PENTAIR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
MONTICELLO, INDIANA

Determination and Basis: Shift in Production (CSP-1)

Subject Firm Address: 5900 E. State Road 39
Monticello, IN 47960

Company Official Contact: Virginia Paxson
Office Manager
9449 S 55 W
Winamac, IN 46996
574-278-7161 x 223

Company Official Email: Virginia.Paxson@pentair.com

Article Produced by Firm: Liquid Filtration Bags

NAICS: 333999

Previous Determination: N/A

Countries Impacting Workers: Mexico

Number of Workers Affected: 24

Total Number of Workers: 24

Petitioner: Company Official

RELEVANT DATES:
Institution Date: February 6, 2012
Petition Date: February 3, 2012
Impact Date: February 3, 2011

File: S:\ONR\TRADE\Case\T1\81000’s\81296

Investigator(s): William Thompson

SUPPORTING EVIDENCE

Description of Worker Group and Article Produced
Pentair Water Filtration Indiana, LLC, Water Purification
Division, a subsidiary of Pentair, Inc., Monticello, Indiana,
is the subject of the investigation. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Manpower. The workers are engaged
in employment related to the production of liquid filtration
bags. Specifically, the workers produce “non-woven media
liquid filtration bags which can be placed in vessels to
filter any liquid” (BDR, p. 2).

Narrative of Petitioners’ Allegation
The company official states in the petition, “Production is
being sent to the Pentair manufacturing facility in Reynosa,
Mexico” (Petition, p. 3)

Employment Information
According to the company official, 24 workers will be separated
from the subject firm with the closure in June, 2012 (BDR, p. 3)

Sales/Production Information (IF KNOWN)
Sales and production will cease with the shutdown of the
subject firm facility in June, 2012 (BDR, p. 3)

Shift/Acquisition Information
The company official states, “The entire operation will be
closed (expected date in June, 2012) with all equipment and
orders moving to the Pentair, Inc. facility located in Reynosa,
Mexico” (BDR, p. 3)

Import Information (IF KNOWN)
N/A

Industry Analysis (IF APPLICABLE)
N/A

Secondary Information (IF KNOWN)
N/A

International Trade Commission (ITC) Information (IF KNOWN)
N/A

Investigator’s Notes
N/A
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,296

PENTAIR WATER FILTRATION INDIANA, LLC
WATER PURIFICATION DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF PENTAIR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
MONTICELLO, INDIANA

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers’
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers’ firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers’ firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers’ firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 6, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Pentair Water Filtration Indiana, LLC, Water
Purification Division, a subsidiary of Pentair, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Monticello,
Indiana (Pentair). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of liquid filtration bags.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm via a business data request.
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 to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the liquid filtration
bags produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Pentair.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pentair Water
Filtration Indiana, LLC, Water Purification Division, a
subsidiary of Pentair, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Monticello, Indiana, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of liquid filtration bags,
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 Pentair Water Filtration Indiana, LLC,
Water Purification Division, a subsidiary of Pentair,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Monticello, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 3, 2011
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