DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,602

PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION
O-RING AND ENGINEERED SEALS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
LYNCHBURG, 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; 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 March 8, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Parker Hannifin Corporation, O-Ring
and Engineered Seals Division, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Lynchburg, Virginia (Parker Hannifin, O-Ring and
Engineered Seals Division). Workers of Parker Hannifin, O-Ring
and Engineered Seals Division are engaged in activities related to
the production of seals, gaskets, and various rubber parts, and
are not separately identifiable by product line.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the workers' firm and its major
declining customer(s).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Parker Hannifin, O-Ring and
Engineered Seals Division 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 Hannifin, O-
Ring and Engineered Seals Division sales/production have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Parker Hannifin, O-Ring and Engineered Seals
Division have increased during the relevant 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 Parker Hannifin, O-
Ring and Engineered Seals Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parker Hannifin, O-Ring
and Engineered Seals Division, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of seals, gaskets, and various rubber
parts, 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 Parker Hannifin Corporation, O-Ring and
Engineered Seals Division, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Lynchburg, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 7, 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 19th day of June 2019.

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