DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,748

SGL CARBON, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKER FROM
REFLEX STAFFING SERVICES AND MANPOWER
ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA

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), can be
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)(III) imports of articles directly incorporating one
or more component parts produced outside the United States
that are like or directly competitive with imports of
articles incorporating one or more component parts
produced 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 May 17, 2013 by the International Union of Electronic,
Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture
Workers/Communication Workers of America Local 502, on behalf of
workers of SGL Carbon, LLC, St. Marys, Pennsylvania. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of graphite parts. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Reflex Staffing Services and Manpower.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and major customers.
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 graphite parts by SGL Carbon, LLC, St.
Marys, Pennsylvania have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the graphite parts
produced by SGL Carbon, LLC, St. Marys, Pennsylvania have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at SGL Carbon,
LLC, St. Marys, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SGL Carbon, LLC, St.
Marys, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of graphite parts, 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 SGL Carbon, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Reflex Staffing Services and Manpower, St.
Marys, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 16, 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 19th day of August, 2013.


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