DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,120

TRELLEBORG SEALING SOLUTIONS EL SEGUNDO, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF
TRELLEBORG SEALING SOLUTIONS US, INC.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA

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 August 26, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions El Segundo, Inc., a
subsidiary of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions US, Inc., El
Segundo, California ("Trelleborg Sealing Solutions El Segundo,
Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of mechanical face seals, rotary shaft seals,
hydraulic seals, and static, piston and pneumatic seals. End use
for these products involve incorporation into a variety of
industrial and aerospace applications.
The petitioner alleges that the workers' firm produces
plastic and Teflon parts for airplanes and gaskets.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the
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 mechanical face seals, rotary shaft seals,
hydraulic seals, and static, piston and pneumatic seals by
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions El Segundo, Inc. have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
import reliance on articles like or directly competitive with
the articles produced by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions El
Segundo, Inc. 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
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions El Segundo, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Trelleborg Sealing
Solutions El Segundo, Inc., a subsidiary of Trelleborg Sealing
Solutions US, Inc., El Segundo, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of mechanical face seals,
rotary shaft seals, hydraulic seals, and static, piston and
pneumatic seals 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 Trelleborg Sealing Solutions El Segundo,
Inc., a subsidiary of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions US,
Inc., El Segundo, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 23,
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 29th day of June 2020.

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