DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,898

DURACELL MANUFACTURING
A SUBSIDIARY OF DURACELL MANUFACTURING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES,
XLC SERVICES, C&W SERVICES, NEWBOLD, ALLIED BARTON, TO
LOGISTICS, AND CANTEEN COMPUS GROUP USA, INC.
LANCASTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 18, 2017 by company official on behalf of workers
of Duracell Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Duracell
Manufacturing, Inc., Lancaster, South Carolina. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of AA
alkaline batteries. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Technical Associates, XLC Services, C&W
Services, Newbold, Allied Barton, TO Logistics, and Canteen
Compus Group USA, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm/petitioner.
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 Duracell Manufacturing, a subsidiary of
Duracell Manufacturing, Inc., Lancaster, South Carolina.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Duracell
Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Duracell Manufacturing, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Technical Associates,
XLC Services, C&W Services, Newbold, Allied Barton, TO
Logistics, and Canteen Compus Group USA, Inc. Lancaster, South
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of AA alkaline batteries 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 Duracell Manufacturing, a subsidiary of
Duracell Manufacturing, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Technical Associates, XLC Services, C&W
Services, Newbold, Allied Barton, TO Logistics, and
Canteen Compus Group USA, Inc. Lancaster, South Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 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 30th day of June 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance