DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,101

INTERMETRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
FOSTORIA, OHIO FACILITY DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF EMERSON
FOSTORIA, OHIO

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 September 20, 2013, by a company official on behalf of
workers of InterMetro Industries Corporation, Fostoria, Ohio
Facility Division, a subsidiary of Emerson, Fostoria, Ohio
(InterMetro Industries Corporation). The subject workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of polymer storage
solutions components, and are not separately identifiable by
article produced by the firm.
Workers of InterMetro Industries Corporation are eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-80,498 (expires
December 15, 2013).
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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at InterMetro Industries Corporation, Fostoria, Ohio.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of InterMetro Industries
Corporation, Fostoria, Ohio Facility Division, Fostoria, Ohio, who
are/were engaged in employment related to the production of
polymer storage solutions components, 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 InterMetro Industries Corporation, Fostoria,
Ohio Facility Division, a subsidiary of Emerson, Fostoria,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 16, 2013, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on 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 30th day of October, 2013

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