DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,151

SIG DOYBOY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SIG PACK INTERNATIONAL
NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 21, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of the workers at SIG
Doboy, Inc., a subsidiary of SIG Pack International, New
Richmond, Wisconsin. The workers produce primary and secondary
packaging machines. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of primary and secondary
packaging machines. This survey revealed increases in customer
imports of primary and secondary packaging machines during the
relevant time period.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at SIG Doboy,
Inc., a subsidiary of SIG Pack International, New Richmond,
Wisconsin contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of the SIG Doboy, Inc., a subsidiary of SIG
Pack International, New Richmond, Wisconsin who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 20, 2001, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of January, 2003.



/s/Linda G. Poole_________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance