DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,729

AVALON LABORATORIES, LLC
A SUBSDIDIARY OF AVALON HOLDING LTD.
NORDSON CORPORATION
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, 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;
(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 March 15, 2017 by the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Avalon Laboratories, LLC, a subsidiary of Avalon
Holding Ltd., Nordson Corporation, Rancho Dominguez,
California (Avalon Laboratories). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of medical catheters.
The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
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 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 a(n)
articles like or directly competitive with the medical catheters
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Avalon Laboratories.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Avalon Laboratories,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
medical catheters, 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 Avalon Laboratories, LLC, a subsidiary of
Avalon Holding Ltd., Nordson Corporation, Rancho
Dominguez, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 14, 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 3rd day of May 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance