DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,650

M-D BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ETCON EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission (ITC) as a member
of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting
in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the ITC under section 202(f)(1) with
respect to the affirmative determination
described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the
Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal
Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a state workforce office on behalf of workers of M-D
Building Products, Inc., Gainesville, Georgia (M-D Building
Products). The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Etcon Employment Services. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of aluminum and vinyl
products. The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition was
received by the Department on May 23, 2012; however, the filing
date is, for purposes of the Act, May 18, 2012 due to an
administrative error which contributed to the filing delay.
The investigation revealed that on May 19, 2011, the ITC
found that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of imports of certain aluminum extrusions from
China, other than finished heat sinks.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of M-D
Building Products, Inc. That firm was publicly identified by
name by the ITC as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in a category of determination that is
listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In
addition, that determination was published in the Federal
Register on May 19, 2011, which is within one year of the date
of the petition which was filed requesting TAA certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of M-D Building
Products, Inc., Gainesville, Georgia, meet the requirements of
Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of M-D Building Products, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Etcon Employment Services,
Gainesville, Georgia, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after May 19, 2010
through May 19, 2012, 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 7th day of August, 2012


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