DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,927

NEW CASTLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORDSON XALOY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER GROUP US
NEW CASTLE, 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; 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 June 2, 2017 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 98, Local Lodge
1671, on behalf of workers of New Castle Industries, Inc., a
subsidiary of Nordson Xaloy, Inc., New Castle, Pennsylvania (New
Castle Industries). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of feed screws used for plastics
processing machinery. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Manpower Group US.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the workers' firm's major
declining customer(s), the United States International Trade
Commission, and publicly available sources.
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)(A)(i) has been met because New Castle
Industries sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the feed
screws produced by New Castle Industries have increased during
the relevant period when compared to the representative base
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at New Castle
Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of New Castle Industries,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of feed
screws, 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 New Castle Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of
Nordson Xaloy, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Manpower Group US, New Castle, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 1, 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 7th day of July 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance