DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,112

AVANTOR PERFORMANCE MATERIALS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY SERVICES AND HAMILTON RYKER
PARIS, KENTUCKY

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 22, 2015 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Avantor Performance Materials, Inc., Paris, Kentucky (herein
referred to as "Avantor Performance Materials, Inc."). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of high purity chemical products. Specifically, the affected
worker group performs laboratory and packaging activities
related to the on-site production of the chemicals. The
worker group also includes on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services and Hamilton Ryker.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Avantor
Performance Materials is a Supplier to firms that employed a
group of workers who received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply is related to the articles that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Avantor Performance Materials with the firm that
employed a certified worker group contributed importantly to
worker separations at Avantor Performance Materials, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Avantor Performance
Materials, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services and Hamilton Ryker, Paris, Kentucky, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of high purity chemical
products meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:


"All workers of Avantor Performance Materials, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services and
Hamilton Ryker, Paris, Kentucky, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 22,
2014, 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 3rd day of March 2016.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance