DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,348

M.TORRES AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF M.TORRES DISENOS INDUSTRIALES, S.A.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM COLLABERA, LAUNCH
TECHNICAL, TERRA STAFFING, VOLT, ELWOOD STAFFING, AND EXPERIS
EVERETT, WASHINGTON

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 December 6, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of M.Torres America, Inc., a subsidiary of M.Torres
Disenos Industriales, S.A., Everett, Washington (M.Torres
America). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the supply of engineering design services, including services
related to integrated projects for automation.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Collabera, Launch Technical, Terra Staffing, Volt, Elwood
Staffing, and Experis.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in M.Torres America 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 acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the engineering design
services supplied by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at M.Torres America.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of M.Torres America,
Everett, Washington, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of engineering design services, 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 M.Torres America, Inc., a subsidiary of
M.Torres Disenos Industriales, S.A., including on-site
leased workers from Collabera, Launch Technical, Terra
Staffing, Volt, Elwood Staffing, and Experis, Everett,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 5, 2016 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 4th day of May 2018.

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