DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,695

ALTEX-MAR ELECTRONICS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS, ELWOOD, MORALES GROUP, CROWN SERVICES, AND
BELFLEX STAFFING
WESTFIELD, INDIANA

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 18, 2020 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Altex-Mar Electronics Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Express, Elwood, Morales Group, Crown
Services, and Belflex Staffing, Westfield, Indiana. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
electronic wire and cable harness systems utilized for the
industrial manufacturing, transportation, and technology
markets.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 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 the worker
group separations at Altex-Mar Electronics Inc., Westfield,
Indiana.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Altex-Mar Electronics
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express, Elwood,
Morales Group, Crown Services, and Belflex Staffing, Westfield,
Indiana, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of electronic wire and cable harness 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 Altex-Mar Electronics Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Express, Elwood, Morales Group,
Crown Services, and Belflex Staffing, Westfield, Indiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 18, 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 10th day of April 2020.

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