DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,029

VESUVIUS USA CORPORATION
FUSED SILICA DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM OLSTEN STAFFING SERVICES
AND AMOTEC
DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 July 31, 2019 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Vesuvius USA Corporation,
Fused Silica Division, Dillon, South Carolina (Vesuvius USA-
Fused Silicon). Workers of Vesuvius USA-Fused Silicon are
engaged in activities related to the production of fused silica
conveying rollers, fiber rollers, specialty parts, and
injected products for glass and foundry applications.
The subject worker group (Vesuvius USA-Fused Silicon)
includes on-site leased workers from Olsten Staffing Services
and Amotec.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Vesuvius USA-Fused
Silicon 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 production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Vesuvius USA-Fused Silicon.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vesuvius USA-Fused
Silicon, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of fused silica conveying rollers, fiber rollers, specialty
parts, and injected products for glass and foundry
applications, 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 Vesuvius USA Corporation, Fused Silica
Division, including on-site leased workers from Olsten
Staffing Services and Amotec, Dillon, South Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 30, 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 August 2019.

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