DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,106

VESUVIUS PITTSBURGH RESEARCH
FLOW CONTROL VISO DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MEDIX AND APEX LIFE SCIENCES
PITTSBURGH, 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), 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 August 22, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vesuvius Pittsburgh Research, Flow Control VISO
Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of research and
development services. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Medix and Apex Life Sciences.
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 such workers' firm 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 a portion of the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the services supplied
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Vesuvius Pittsburgh Research, Flow Control VISO
Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vesuvius Pittsburgh
Research, Flow Control VISO Division, Pittsburgh,
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 Vesuvius Pittsburgh Research, Flow Control
VISO Division, including on-site leased workers from Medix
and Apex Life Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 21, 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 30th day of August 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance