DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,978

AGRATI, INC.

A SUBSIDIARY OF AGRATI GROUP

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM

EXPRESS PROS AND JMJ TALENT SOLUTIONS

VALPARAISO, 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; 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 June 11, 2020 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers and former workers of Agrati, Inc., a subsidiary of
Agrati Group, including on-site leased workers from Express Pros
and JMJ Talent Solutions, Valparaiso, Indiana (Agrati). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of fasteners (such as nuts, bolts and screws). The petitioner
asserts that worker separations at Agrati are due to increased
foreign competition.

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 Agrati 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 sales and/or
production at Agrati have decreased absolutely.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
Agrati have increased during the relevant period.

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 Agrati.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Agrati 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 Agrati, Inc., a subsidiary of Agrati Group,
including on-site leased workers from Express Pros and JMJ
Talent Solutions, Valparaiso, Indiana, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 10,
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 22nd day of January, 2021

/s/ Del-Min Amy Chen
_______________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance