DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,361

RESIN TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF HENKEL CORPORATION
ADHESIVES TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION
SOUTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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 January 20, 2016 by Resin Technology Group LLC, a
subsidiary of Henkel Corporation, Adhesives Technologies
division, South Easton, Massachusetts. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of epoxy-based
adhesives.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its major customer.
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 epoxy-based adhesives by Resin Technology
Group LLC, a subsidiary of Henkel Corporation, Adhesives
Technologies division, South Easton, Massachusetts, have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with epoxy-
based adhesives produced by Resin Technology Group LLC, a
subsidiary of Henkel Corporation, Adhesives Technologies
division, South Easton, Massachusetts, 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
Resin Technology Group LLC, a subsidiary of Henkel Corporation,
Adhesives Technologies division, South Easton, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Resin Technology
Group LLC, a subsidiary of Henkel Corporation, Adhesives
Technologies division, South Easton, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of epoxy-based
adhesives 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 Resin Technology Group LLC, a subsidiary
of Henkel Corporation, Adhesives Technologies division,
South Easton, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 4,
2015 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 2nd day of June 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance