DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,940

OMNOVA SOLUTIONS, INC.
DECORATIVE PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS SERVICES, INC., MALONE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., AND
GLENN MACHINE WORKS
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI

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 September 5, 2012 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of OMNOVA Solutions, Inc., Decorative
Products Division, Columbus, Mississippi (OMNOVA). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of coated fabrics and vinyl coated wall coverings.
The workers are not separately identifiable. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Express
Services, Inc., Malone Electric Company, Inc., and Glenn
Machine Works.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at OMNOVA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of OMNOVA Solutions,
Inc., Decorative Products Division, including on-site leased
workers from Express Services, Inc., Malone Electric Company,
Inc., and Glenn Machine Works Columbus, Mississippi, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of coated
fabrics and vinyl coated wall coverings 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 OMNOVA Solutions, Inc., Decorative
Products Division, including on-site leased workers from
Express Services, Inc., Malone Electric Company, Inc.,
and Glenn Machine Works Columbus, Mississippi, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 4, 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 4th day of October, 2012.


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