DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,655

CARLYLE PLASTICS AND RESINS
FORMERLY KNOWN AS FORTIS PLASTICS
A SUBSIDIARY OF PLASTICS ACQUISITIONS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES AND SHELLEY
INVESTMENTS D/B/A SALEM BUSINESS CENTER
CARLYLE, ILLINOIS

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on July 3, 2012, applicable to workers and former
workers of workers of Fortis Plastics, a subsidiary of Plastics
Acquisitions Inc., Carlyle, Illinois. The Department’s notice of
determination was published in the Federal Register on Monday,
July 23, 2012 (77 FR 43123).
At the request of a state workforce official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
custom injection molded plastic parts.
New information shows that Fortis Plastics is now called
Carlyle Plastics and Resins. In addition, new information shows
that the worker group includes on-site workers from Kelly
Services, who were sufficiently under the operational control of
Fortis Plastics to be considered leased workers.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to identify
the new subject firm name, as well as to include the on-site
leased workers. Accordingly, the Department is amending this
certification to properly reflect this matter.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,655 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Carlyle Plastics and Resins, formerly known
as Fortis Plastics, a subsidiary of Plastics Acquisitions
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services
and Shelley Investments d/b/a Salem Business Center,
Carlyle, Illinois, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 23, 2011 through July 3,
2014, and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on July 3, 2012 through
July 3, 2014, 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 August, 2012
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,655

FORTIS PLASTICS
A SUBSIDIARY OF PLASTICS ACQUISITIONS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SHELLEY INVESTMENTS D/B/A
SALEM BUSINESS CENTER
CARLYLE, ILLINOIS

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 May 24, 2012 on behalf of workers of Fortis Plastics, a
subsidiary of Plastics Acquisitions Inc., Carlyle, Illinois. The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of custom injection molded plastic parts. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Shelley Investments d/b/a
Salem Business Center.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
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 Fortis Plastics, a
subsidiary of Plastics Acquisitions Inc., Carlyle, Illinois 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)(A) has been met because the custom
injection molded plastic parts produced by Fortis Plastics, a
subsidiary of Plastics Acquisitions Inc., Carlyle, Illinois for a
firm that employed a certified worker group accounted for at
least 20 percent of the production or sales of Fortis Plastics, a
subsidiary of Plastics Acquisitions Inc., Carlyle, Illinois.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fortis Plastics, a
subsidiary of Plastics Acquisitions Inc., Carlyle, Illinois, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of custom
injection molded plastic parts 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 Fortis Plastics, a subsidiary of Plastics
Acquisitions Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Shelley Investments d/b/a Salem Business Center, Carlyle,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 23, 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 3rd day of July, 2012


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