DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,736
ISOLA LAMINATE SYSTEMS CORP.
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-50,736A
ISOLA LAMINATE SYSTEMS CORP.
CHANDLER, ARIZONA

TA-W-50,736B
ISOLA LAMINATE SYSTEMS CORP.
RIDGEWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 in response to a petition
received on January 30, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Isola Laminate Systems Corp., Fremont,
California; Chandler, Arizona; and Ridgeway, South Carolina. The
workers manufacture copper clad laminates.




The investigation revealed that a significant portion of
workers at the subject company have been separated from employment
or are threatened with separation and that production at the
subject company declined absolutely during the relevant time
period.
The investigation also revealed that imports by the subject
company increased significantly during the period of production
decline at the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with copper clad laminates produced at
Isola Laminate Systems Corp., Fremont, California; Chandler,
Arizona; and Ridgeway, South Carolina, contributed importantly to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:



"All workers of Isola Laminate Systems Corp., Fremont,
California; Chandler, Arizona; and Ridgeway, South Carolina
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 27, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of March 2003.

/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance