DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,550

MERSEN USA GREENVILLE - MI CORP.
HIGH TEMPERATURE DIVISION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS GRAPHITE ENGINEERING & SALES CO.
GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream
Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply
or production is related to the article or service that
was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the
component parts it supplied to the firm described in
paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines
the term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies
directly to another firm component parts for articles, or
services used in the production of articles or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 27, 2012 by a one-stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers of Mersen USA Greenville-MI Corp., High
Temperature Division, formerly known as Graphite Engineering
and Sales Co., Greenville, Michigan (Mersen). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
graphite shapes.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and a major
declining customer.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Mersen is a
Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Mersen with the firm that employed a certified
worker group contributed importantly to worker separations at
Mersen.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mersen USA
Greenville-MI Corp., High Temperature Division, formerly known
as Graphite Engineering and Sales Co., Greenville, Michigan,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
graphite shapes meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:




"All workers of Mersen USA Greenville-MI Corp., High
Temperature Division, formerly known as Graphite
Engineering and Sales Co., Greenville, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 25, 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 23rd day of May, 2012.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance