DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,533

SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
PERFORMANCE PIGMENTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER STAFFING
WURTLAND, 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;
(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 March 7, 2013 by the United Steelworkers, Local 8-
719, on behalf of workers of Sun Chemical Corporation,
Performance Pigments, Wurtland, Kentucky (Sun Chemical
Corporation). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of copper phthalocyanine blue crude. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Manpower Staffing.
During the investigation, information was obtained from
the petitioners and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Sun Chemical
Corporation have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened with total or partial separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with copper
phthalocyanine blue crude produced by the subject workers,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Sun Chemical Corporation.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sun Chemical
Corporation, Performance Pigments Division, Wurtland,
Kentucky, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of copper phthalocyanine blue crude, 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 Sun Chemical Corporation, Performance
Pigments Division, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower Staffing, Wurtland, Kentucky, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after March
5, 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 13th day of March, 2013


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