DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,626

NORDSON XALOY
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORDSON CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BRIGHT SERVICES,
MANPOWER, AND AEROTEK
PULASKI, 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 15, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Nordson Xaloy, a subsidiary of Nordson
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Bright
Services, Manpower, and Aerotek, Pulaski, Virginia ("Nordson
Xaloy"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of bimetallic cylinders (screws and barrels) for
incorporation into injection or extrusion molding equipment.
The workers of Nordson Xaloy were certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number
TA-W-92,602, which expires on April 12, 2019.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the major
declining customers of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of bimetallic cylinders by Nordson Xaloy have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Nordson Xaloy have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Nordson Xaloy.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nordson Xaloy, a
subsidiary of Nordson Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Bright Services, Manpower, and Aerotek, Pulaski,
Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of bimetallic cylinders, 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 Nordson Xaloy, a subsidiary of Nordson
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Bright
Services, Manpower, and Aerotek, Pulaski, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 13, 2019, 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 14th day of April 2019.

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