DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,312

US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF APERGY CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ELWOOD STAFFING
OREM, UTAH

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 October 22, 2019 on behalf of workers of US Synthetic
Corporation, a subsidiary of Apergy Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Elwood Staffing, Orem, Utah
(hereafter referred as "US Synthetic Corporation").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of polycrystalline diamond cutters.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) 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 polycrystalline diamond cutters by US
Synthetic Corporation have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by US Synthetic Corporation 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 US
Synthetic Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of US Synthetic
Corporation, a subsidiary of Apergy Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Elwood Staffing, Orem, Utah, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of
polycrystalline diamond cutters meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2 272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of US Synthetic Corporation, a subsidiary of
Apergy Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Elwood Staffing, Orem, Utah, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 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 12th day of May 2020.

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