DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,289

HYDRO EXTRUSION NORTH AMERICA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORSK HYDRO ASA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

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 October 17, 2019, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Hydro Extrusion North America, LLC, a
subsidiary of Norsk Hydro ASA, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Kalamazoo, Michigan ("Hydro
Kalamazoo"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of custom aluminum extrusions.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 partially shifted to a foreign country the production
of an article like or directly competitive with the article
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Hydro Kalamazoo.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hydro Extrusion North
America, LLC, a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro ASA, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower, Kalamazoo, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of custom
aluminum extrusions 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 Hydro Extrusion North America, LLC, a
subsidiary of Norsk Hydro ASA, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Kalamazoo, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 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 25th day of November 2019.

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