DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,701

CLOVER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED THROUGH
CAU ACQUISITION, A/K/A CARTRIDGES ARE US
ITHACA, MICHIGAN

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 April 14, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Clover Technologies, LLC, including workers whose
wages were reported through CAU Acquisition, a/k/a Cartridges
Are Us, Ithaca, Michigan. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of remanufactured inkjet
cartridges and sorted and processed empty cartridges (CES
processing).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Clover Technologies, LLC, including workers
whose wages were reported through CAU Acquisition, a/k/a
Cartridges Are Us, Ithaca, Michigan.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Clover Technologies,
LLC, including workers whose wages were reported through CAU
Acquisition, a/k/a Cartridges Are Us, Ithaca, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of
remanufactured of inkjet cartridges and sorted and processed
empty cartridges (CES processing) 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 Clover Technologies, LLC, including
workers whose wages were reported through CAU
Acquisition, a/k/a Cartridges Are Us, Ithaca, Michigan,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 11, 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 31st day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance