DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,878

GAMING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GAMING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI

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 April 9, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Gaming Partners International
USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Gaming Partners International
Corporation, Blue Springs, Missouri (Gaming Partners-Blue
Springs). The subject firm is engaged in activities related to
the manufacturing of gaming equipment for casinos including
playing cards, dice, and poker chips. Workers of Gaming
Partners-Blue Springs are engaged in activities related to the
production of playing cards. The worker group does not include
any on-site leased workers.
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 Gaming Partners-Blue
Springs 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 articles like or directly
competitive with the playing cards produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Gaming
Partners-Blue Springs.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gaming Partners-Blue
Springs, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of playing cards, 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 Gaming Partners International USA, Inc., a
subsidiary of Gaming Partners International Corporation,
Blue Springs, Missouri, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 8, 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 17th day of April 2020.

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