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TAW-81821  /  Bonnell Manufacturing (Kentland, IN)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/20/2012
Filed Date: 07/24/2012
Most Recent Update: 08/31/2012
Determination Date: 08/31/2012
Expiration Date: 08/31/2014

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,821

BONNELL MANUFACTURING
A SUBSIDIARY OF TREDEGAR CORPORATION
FORMERLY D/B/A BON L MANUFACTURING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
OLSTEN STAFFING SERVICES AND MANPOWER STAFFING
KENTLAND, INDIANA


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 July 24, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bonnell Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of
Tredegar Corporation, formerly d/b/a Bon L Manufacturing,
including on-site leased workers from Olsten Staffing and
Manpower Staffing, Kentland, Indiana (Bonnell). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
lineal aluminum extrusions for residential windows, doors,
security systems, and truck accessories.
Workers and former workers the subject firm are eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under a
certification issued for TA-W-81,599 (Bon L Manufacturing
Company, Kentland, Indiana) which expired on May 19, 2012.
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 Bonnell 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 article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the lineal
aluminum extrusions produced by Bonnell for a firm that
employed a certified worker group that employed a certified
worker group accounted for a significant portion of the
production or sales of Bonnell.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bonnell
Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of Tredegar, formerly
d/b/a Bon L Manufacturing, including on-site leased workers
from Olsten Staffing and Manpower Staffing, Kentland, Indiana,
engaged in activities related to the production of lineal
aluminum extrusions, 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 Bonnell Manufacturing Company, a
subsidiary of Tredegar, formerly d/b/a Bon L
Manufacturing, including on-site leased workers from
Olsten Staffing and Manpower Staffing, Kentland, Indiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 20, 2012, through the date of the
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 31st day of August, 2012


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