DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,270

MINNESOTA RUBBER & PLASTICS
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUADION LLC DBA MINNESOTA RUBBER & PLASTICS
WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA

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 December 6, 2013, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Minnesota Rubber & Plastics, a subsidiary of Quadion
LLC dba Minnesota Rubber & Plastics, Watertown, South Dakota.
The workers were engaged in employment related to the production
of custom molded rubber parts for the medical, industrial and
automotive markets.
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 articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Minnesota Rubber & Plastics, Watertown, South Dakota.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Minnesota Rubber &
Plastics, Watertown, South Dakota, who were engaged in
employment related to the production of custom molded rubber
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 Minnesota Rubber & Plastics, Watertown
South Dakota, a subsidiary of Quadion LLC dba Minnesota
Rubber & Plastics, Watertown, South Dakota who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 19, 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 15th day of January, 2014

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