DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,982

LEISTRITZ ADVANCED TURBINE COMPONENTS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WINSTON PERSONNEL GROUP
RURAL HALL, NORTH CAROLINA

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 September 19, 2012 on behalf of workers of Leistritz
Advanced Turbine Components, Inc., Rural Hall, North Carolina
(Leistritz Advanced Turbine Components, Inc.). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
turbine blades. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Winston Personnel Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the workers' firm major
declining customers.
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 production of turbine blades by Leistritz Advanced Turbine
Components, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Leistritz Advanced Turbine Components,
Inc. have increased. A survey was conducted of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding purchases of
turbine blades by Leistritz Advanced Turbine Components, Inc.
in 2010, 2011, and January through September 2012. The survey
revealed that the customers were increasing their imports of
turbine blades, while decreasing their purchases from the
subject firm.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Leistritz Advanced Turbine Components, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Leistritz Advanced
Turbine Components, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Winston Personnel Group, Rural Hall, North Carolina, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of turbine
blades 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 Leistritz Advanced Turbine Components,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Winston
Personnel Group, Rural Hall, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 23, 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 31st day of October, 2012.


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