DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,781

MAGNETICS DIVISION OF SPANG & COMPANY
MAGNETICS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SPANG & COMPANY
EAST BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-91,781A

MAGNETICS DIVISION OF SPANG & COMPANY
MAGNETICS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SPANG & COMPANY
PITTSBURG, 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;
(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 May 6, 2016 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Magnetics Division of Spang & Company, Magnetics Division,
a subsidiary of Spang & Company, East Butler, Pennsylvania
(TA-W-91,781) and Magnetics Division of Spang & Company,
Magnetics Division, a subsidiary of Spang & Company,
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (TA-W-91,781A) (hereafter collectively
referred to as Magnetics Division of Spang & Company). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of soft magnetic cores. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
Workers of Magnetics Division of Spang & Company, Magnetics
Division, a subsidiary of Spang & Company, East Butler,
Pennsylvania and Magnetics Division of Spang & Company,
Magnetics Division, a subsidiary of Spang & Company, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-83,268 and TA-W-83,268A,
respectively.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Magnetics Division of
Spang & Company 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the soft magnetic cores
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Magnetics Division of Spang & Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Magnetics Division of
Spang & Company, East Butler, Pennsylvania (TA-W-91,781) and
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (TA-W-91,781A), who are engaged in
activities related to the production of soft magnetic cores,
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 Magnetics Division of Spang & Company,
Magnetics Division, a subsidiary of Spang & Company, East
Butler, Pennsylvania (TA-W-91,781) and Magnetics Division
of Spang & Company, Magnetics Division, a subsidiary of
Spang & Company, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (TA-W-91,781A),
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 15, 2016, 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 17th day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance