DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,686

ATLAS COPCO IAS LLC
INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE BUSINESS AREA DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ATLAS COPCO NORTH AMERICA, LLC
AUBURN HILLS, 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; 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 February 13, 2020, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Atlas Copco IAS LLC, Industrial Technique
Business Area division, a subsidiary of Atlas Copco North
America, LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of adhesive
dispensing systems utilized in the manufacture of automobiles
and related subcomponents.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and major
declining customer(s) of the worker's 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 adhesive dispensing systems by Atlas Copco
IAS LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with adhesive
dispensing systems produced by Atlas Copco IAS LLC, Auburn
Hills, Michigan 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
Atlas Copco IAS LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Atlas Copco IAS LLC,
Industrial Technique Business Area division, a subsidiary of
Atlas Copco North America, LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of adhesive
dispensing systems, 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 Atlas Copco IAS LLC, Industrial Technique
Business Area division, a subsidiary of Atlas Copco North
America, LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
12, 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 9th day of December 2020.

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