DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,727

SPANG & COMPANY
MAGNETICS DIVISION
EAST BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-93,727A

SPANG & COMPANY
MAGNETICS DIVISION
PITTSBURGH, 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;
(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 April 16, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Spang & Company, Magnetics Division, East Butler,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-93,727) and Spang & Company, Magnetics
Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-93,727A) (Magnetics
Division of Spang & Company). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of soft magnetic cores.
Magnetics Division of Spang & Company was certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition
numbers TA-W-91,781 and TA-W-91,781A which expires on May 17,
2018.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the 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 Magnetics Division of Spang & Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Spang & Company,
Magnetics Division, East Butler, Pennsylvania (TA-W-93,727)
and Spang & Company, Magnetics Division, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-93,727A), who are engaged in activities
related to the production of soft magnetic cores 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 Spang & Company, Magnetics Division, East
Butler, Pennsylvania (TA-W-93,727) and Spang & Company,
Magnetics Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
93,727A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 18, 2018, 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 1st day of May 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance