DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,388

ACCUTEC BLADES INC.
SINGLE EDGE BLADE DIVISION
HAND PACKAGING UNIT
BLADE BACK UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADDECCO STAFFING AGENCY
VERONA, VIRGINIA

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 December 26, 2017 by Cynthia Ashby, a company official
on behalf of workers of AccuTec Blades Inc., Single Edge Blade
Division, Hand Packaging Unit, Blade Back Unit, including on-
site leased workers from Addecco Staffing Agency, Verona,
Virginia, (AccuTec-Single Edge Blade, Hand Packaging/Blade
Back Units). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of manufacturing of single edge industrial
blades used in other manufacturing applications. The subject
worker group excludes workers within the Cutting Edge Unit.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in AccuTec-Single Edge
Blade, Hand Packaging/Blade Back Units 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)
article like or directly competitive with the article(s)
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at AccuTec-Single Edge Blade, Hand
Packaging/Blade Back Units.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AccuTec-Single Edge
Blade, Hand Packaging/Blade Back Units, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of single edge industrial
blades, 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 AccuTec Blades Inc., Single Edge Blade
Division, Hand Packaging Unit, Blade Back Unit, including
on-site leased workers from Addecco Staffing Agency,
Verona, Virginia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 11, 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 23rd day of March 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance