DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,337

NUMATICS ACTUATOR
ALSO KNOWN AS ASCO NUMATICS
A SUBSIDARY OF NUMATICS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RANDSTAD, EXPRESS, AND STAFFMARK
MT. PLEASANT, TENNESSEE

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 definition of a "firm includes an individual
proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, association,
corporation (including a development corporation), business trust,
cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of
any court. A firm, together with any predecessor or successor-in-
interest, or together with any affiliated firm controlled or
substantially beneficially owned substantially the same persons,
may be considered a single firm." 29 CFR 90.2
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 19, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Numatics Actuator, also known as ASCO Numatics, a
subsidiary of Numatics, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Randstad, Express, and Staffmark Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee
(ASCO Numatics). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of pneumatic cylinders.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in ASCO Numatics 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 a portion of the production of
pneumatic cylinders, or a like or directly competitive article,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
ASCO Numatics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ASCO Numatics, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of pneumatic
cylinders, 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 Numatics Actuator, also known as ASCO
Numatics, a subsidiary of Numatics, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Randstad, Express, and Staffmark, Mt.
Pleasant, Tennessee, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 18, 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 9th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance