DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,817

ARCONIC INC.
ARCONIC TECHNOLOGY CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
APEX LIFE SCIENCES, INC.; MBO PARTNERS, INC.; AND
HEADWAY CORPORATE STAFFING SERVICES EAST, LLC
NEW KENSINGTON, 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), can be
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 May 17, 2019, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Arconic Inc., Arconic Technology Center, including on-site
leased workers from Apex Life Sciences, Inc.; MBO Partners,
Inc.; and Headway Corporate Staffing Services East, LLC, New
Kensington, Pennsylvania ("Arconic Inc."). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of research and
development services for rolling, drawing, and extruding of
nonferrous metals, primarily aluminum. Research and development
services are provided internally to the firm.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and 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)(ii) has been met because company
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
service supplied by Arconic Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Arconic Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Arconic Inc., Arconic
Technology Center, including on-site leased workers from Apex
Life Sciences, Inc.; MBO Partners, Inc.; and Headway Corporate
Staffing Services East, LLC, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of research and
development services, 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 Arconic Inc., Arconic Technology Center,
including on-site leased workers from Apex Life Sciences,
Inc.; MBO Partners, Inc.; and Headway Corporate Staffing
Services East, LLC, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 16, 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 24th day of July 2019.

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