DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,865

KLOCKNER PENTAPLAST OF AMERICA INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF KP INTERNATIONAL HOLDING GMBH
ACCOUNTING UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ROBERT-HALF
GORDONVILLE, 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;
(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 June 3, 2019 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Klockner Pentaplast of America,
Inc., a subsidiary of KP International Holding GmbH, Accounting
Unit, Gordonville, Virginia (Klockner Pentaplast-Accounting).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of rigid films and packaging solutions. The affected
workers of Klockner Pentaplast-Accounting supply account payable,
account receivable, and general ledger services.
The subject worker group (Klockner Pentaplast-Accounting)
includes on-site leased workers from Robert-Half.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Klockner Pentaplast-Accounting
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 services like or
directly competitive with the account payable, account
receivable, and general ledger services supplied by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Klockner Pentaplast-Accounting.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Klockner Pentaplast-
Accounting, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
account payable, account receivable, and general ledger
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:
"Workers of Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., a
subsidiary of KP International Holding GmbH, Accounting
Unit, including on-site leased workers from Robert-Half,
Gordonville, Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 31, 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 12th day of July 2019.

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