DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,427

JOHN CRANE, INC.
SMITHS GROUP
CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA

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 November 17, 2016, by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of John Crane, Inc., Smiths Group, Cerritos,
California (John Crane-Smiths Group). Workers of John Crane-
Smiths Group are engaged in activities related to the production
of mechanical seals, and they are separately not identifiable by
articles produced. The subject worker group does not include on-
site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and from the United States
International Trade Commission.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in John Crane-Smiths Group 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 mechanical seals produced by John Crane-
Smiths Group have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the mechanical seals
produced by John Crane-Smiths Group have increased during 2016
from 2015 levels.


Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at John
Crane, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of John Crane-Smiths
Group, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
mechanical seals, 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 John Crane, Inc., Smiths Group, Cerritos,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 16, 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 10th day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance