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TAW-91385  /  Tool-Rite, Inc. (Springboro, PA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 01/25/2015
Filed Date: 01/26/2016
Most Recent Update: 04/21/2016
Determination Date: 04/21/2016
Expiration Date: 04/21/2018

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,385

TOOL-RITE, INC.
SPRINGBORO, PENNSYLVANIA

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 26, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tool-Rite, Inc., Springboro, Pennsylvania (Tool-
Rite). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of tooling for injection molds. The worker
group does not include on-site leased workers. The workers are
not separately identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's 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 tooling for injection molds produced by
Tool-Rite 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 Tool-Rite 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
Tool-Rite.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tool-Rite, Inc.,
Springboro, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of tooling for injection molds 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 Tool-Rite, Inc., Springboro, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 25, 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 21st day of April 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance