DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,511

DOW KOKAM MI LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ELITE LEASING AND STAFFING, INC.,
ITH STAFFING SOLUTIONS, TALASCEND AND
ADECCO ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL
MIDLAND, MICHIGAN

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 28, 2013 by State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Dow Kokam MI LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Elite Leasing and Staffing, Inc., ITH Staffing
Solutions, Talascend and Adecco Engineering and Technical,
Midland, Michigan. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of lithium ion battery cells for use
in transportation, defense, grid and other applications.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of lithium ion battery cells by Dow Kokam MI
LLC, Midland, Michigan, have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Dow Kokam MI LLC, Midland, Michigan, have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and production declines at Dow Kokam MI LLC,
Midland, Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of at Dow Kokam MI LLC,
Midland, Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of lithium ion battery cells 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 Dow Kokam MI LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Elite Leasing and Staffing, Inc., ITH
Staffing Solutions, Talascend and Adecco Engineering and
Technical, Midland, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
27, 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 28th day of March, 2013.


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance