DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,685

GARDNER DENVER
THOMAS PRODUCTS DIVISION
SHEHBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

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 June 6, 2012 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers of Gardner Denver, Thomas Products Division,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of pumps and compressors.
Workers of Gardner Denver, Thomas Products Division,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin were previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-72,058. This
certification expired on September 23, 2011.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and 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/or production of large pumps and compressors by Gardner
Denver, Thomas Products Division, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Gardner Denver, Thomas Products Division,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and production declines at Gardner Denver,
Thomas Products Division, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gardner Denver,
Thomas Products Division, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, who are
engaged in activities related to production of pumps and
compressors, 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 Gardner Denver, Thomas Products Division,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 24, 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 13th day of July, 2012.


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