DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,816

NORON COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

MANISTEE, 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 March 16, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of former
workers of Noron Composite Technologies, Inc., Manistee, Michigan.

The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of molded fiberglass products and components.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and other sources.

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 molded fiberglass products and components by Noron
Composite Technologies, Inc., Manistee, Michigan have decreased.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by Noron Composite Technologies, Inc., Manistee, Michigan have
increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Noron Composite
Technologies, Inc., Manistee, Michigan.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Noron Composite Technologies, Inc.,
Manistee, Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of molded fiberglass products and 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 of Noron Composite Technologies, Inc., Manistee,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 13, 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 1st day of December, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance