DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,700

PYROTEK INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LABOR READY
WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON

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 June 11, 2012 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Pyrotek Inc., Wenatchee, Washington (Pyrotek,
Inc.). The worker group also consists of on-site leased
workers from Labor Ready. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of recycled carbon bake
and small shapes for castings. The workers are not separately
identifiable.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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)(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 articles
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Pyrotek, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pyrotek Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Labor Ready, Wenatchee,
Washington, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of recycled carbon bake and small shapes for
castings 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 Pyrotek Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Labor Ready, Wenatchee, Washington, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after June 7, 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 20th day of July, 2012.


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