DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,951

ABB, INC.
POWER PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PONTOON SOLUTIONS
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

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 August 1, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of ABB, Inc., Power Products Division, St. Louis,
Missouri. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of medium power electrical transformers used in
utilities, wind farms and nuclear facilities. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Pontoon Solutions.
During the course of the investigation information was
collected from 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 medium power electrical transformers by
ABB, Inc., Power Products Division, St. Louis, Missouri have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the medium power
electrical transformers produced by ABB, Inc., Power Products
Division, St. Louis, Missouri have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at ABB, Inc., Power
Products Division, St. Louis, Missouri.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ABB, Inc., Power
Products Division, St. Louis, Missouri, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of medium power electrical
transformers 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 ABB, Inc., Power Products Division,
including on-site leased workers from Pontoon Solutions,
St. Louis, Missouri, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 30, 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 August, 2013


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