DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,865

SIHI PUMPS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SIHI GROUPS BV
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM EGW, ACCOUNTEMPS, AND ADVANTAGE STAFFING
GRAND ISLAND, NEW YORK

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 August 7, 2012 by three workers on behalf of workers
Sihi Pumps, Inc., a subsidiary of Sihi Group BV, Grand Island,
New York (Sihi). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of vacuum and compressor systems.
The worker group includes on-sited leased workers from EGW,
Accountemps, and Advantage Staffing.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Sihi have become totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because Sihi has shifted
to a foreign country the production of articles like or directly
competitive with those produced by the subject firm, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Sihi.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sihi Pumps Inc., a
subsidiary of Sihi Group BV, including on-site leased workers
from EGW, Accountemps, and Advantage Staffing, Grand Island, New
York who are engaged in activities related to the production of
vacuum and compressor systems, 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 Sihi Pumps Inc., a subsidiary of Sihi Group
BV, including on-site leased workers from EGW, Accountemps,
and Advantage Staffing, Grand Island, New York who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 31, 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 September, 2012


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