DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,115

CINCH CONNECTORS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BELFUSE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC. AND PENMAC PERSONNEL SERVICES
VINITA, OKLAHOMA

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 October 31, 2012 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Cinch Connectors, Inc., a subsidiary of
Belfuse, Inc., Vinita, Oklahoma (Cinch). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of connectors
and their components for the aerospace, computers, and
military industries. The workers are not separately
identifiable. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Express Personnel Services, Inc. and
Penmac Personnel Services.
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
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Cinch.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cinch Connectors,
Inc., a subsidiary of Belfuse, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Express Personnel Services, Inc. and Penmac
Personnel Services, Vinita, Oklahoma, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of connectors and their
components for the aerospace, computers, and military
industries 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 Cinch Connectors, Inc., a subsidiary of
Belfuse, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Express Personnel Services, Inc. and Penmac Personnel
Services, Vinita, Oklahoma, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October
29, 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 16th day of November, 2012.


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