DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,666

ASSOCIATED SPRING
A SUBSIDIARY OF BARNES GROUP INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
VACO BRIDGEWATER AND CAREER CONCEPTS
CORRY, 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 February 7, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Associated Spring, a
subsidiary of Barnes Group Inc., Corry, Pennsylvania
(Associated Spring-Corry). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of steel string, retaining
rings and formed wire components. Workers at Associated Spring-
Corry are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Vaco
Bridgewater and Career Concepts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Associated Spring-Corry
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 articles
like or directly competitive with the steel string, retaining
rings and formed wire components produced by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Associated Spring-Corry.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Associated Spring-
Corry, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of steel string, retaining rings and formed wire components,
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 Associated Spring, a subsidiary of Barnes
Group Inc., including on-site leased workers from Vaco
Bridgewater and Career Concepts, Corry, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 6, 2019, 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 28th day of August 2020.

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