DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,043

POLYFUSION ELECTRONICS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DURHAM STAFFING, INC.
LANCASTER, NEW YORK

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 July 20, 2015 by an American Job Center on behalf of
workers of Polyfusion Electronics, Inc., Lancaster, New York
(herein referred to as "Polyfusion Electronics, Inc."). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of printed circuit board assemblies. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Durham Staffing, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the
workers' firm's major declining customers.
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 printed circuit board assemblies by
Polyfusion Electronics, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Polyfusion Electronics, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Polyfusion Electronics, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Polyfusion
Electronics, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Durham Staffing, Inc., Lancaster, New York, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of printed circuit board
assemblies 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 Polyfusion Electronics, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Durham Staffing, Inc.,
Lancaster, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 1, 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 5th day of July 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance