DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,492

CREATION TECHNOLOGIES KENTUCKY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND KELLY SERVICES
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY


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 February 22, 2013 by a company official on behalf of workers of
Creation Technologies Kentucky, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky
(hereafter referred to as "Creation Technologies"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
electronic products. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers of Manpower and Kelly Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and a major customer of the subject
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and/or
production of electronic products produced by Creation
Technologies have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of electronic products like or directly competitive with
the articles produced by Creation Technologies have increased
during the relevant period.
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 Creation
Technologies.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Creation Technologies
Kentucky, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of electronic 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 Creation Technologies Kentucky, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower and Kelly
Services, Lexington, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 21, 2012,
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 3rd day of April 2013


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