DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,148

PREMIER PET PRODUCTS INC., & PREMIER PET PRODUCTS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF RADIO SYSTEMS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DIVERSIFIED SOURCING
SOLUTIONS
MIDLOTHIAN, VIRGINIA

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 October 18, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Premier Pet Products Inc., & Premier Pet Products
LLC, a subsidiary of Radio Systems Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Diversified Sourcing Solutions,
Midlothian, Virginia. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of nylon pet products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm via email and a business data
request.
Workers of Premier Pet Products Inc., & Premier Pet
Products LLC, a subsidiary of Radio Systems Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Diversified Sourcing
Solutions, Midlothian, Virginia were previously certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits
under, TA-W-80,134. That certification expired on May 31, 2013.
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 articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at subject
firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Premier Pet Products
Inc., & Premier Pet Products LLC, a subsidiary of Radio
Systems Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Diversified Sourcing Solutions, Midlothian, Virginia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of nylon pet
products 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 Premier Pet Products Inc., & Premier Pet
Products LLC, a subsidiary of Radio Systems Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Diversified
Sourcing Solutions, Midlothian, Virginia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 1, 2013, 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 26th day of November, 2013.


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