DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,136

KRANOS CORPORATION DBA SCHUTT SPORTS
SCHUTT RECONDITIONING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EPIC PERSONNEL PARTNERS LLC AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT
PROFESSIONALS
EASTON, 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 September 17, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kranos Corporation dba Schutt Sports, Schutt
Reconditioning, including on-site leased workers from Epic
Personnel Partners LLC and Express Employment Professionals,
Easton, Pennsylvania ("Schutt Reconditioning"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
sports equipment such as helmets and protective padding.
Workers at the subject work location are engaged in activities
related to the supply of repair and reconditioning services for
protective sports equipment.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Schutt Reconditioning.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kranos Corporation
dba Schutt Sports, Schutt Reconditioning, including on-site
leased workers from Epic Personnel Partners LLC and Express
Employment Professionals, Easton, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of repair and reconditioning
services for protective sports equipment 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 Kranos Corporation dba Schutt Sports,
Schutt Reconditioning, including on-site leased workers
from Epic Personnel Partners LLC and Express Employment
Professionals, Easton, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
12, 2017 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 September 2018.

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