DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,016

TROSTEL, LTD.
WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN

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 by a company official on September 28, 2012 on behalf of
workers of Trostel, LTD., Whitewater, Wisconsin. The subject
worker group is engaged in activities related to the
production of custom polymer compounds and precision molded
seals and rubber products for a variety of industries
including: automotive, industrial vehicles, appliances,
aerospace, gas and mining.
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 production of articles
like or directly competitive with the custom polymer compounds
and precision molded seals and rubber products produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Trostel, LTD., Whitewater, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Trostel, LTD.,
Whitewater, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities related
to production of custom polymer compounds and precision molded
seals and rubber products, 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 Trostel, LTD., Whitewater, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after September 27, 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/Michael A. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL A. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance