DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,478

VPI MIRREX, LLC
DELAWARE CITY DIVISION
DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE

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 April 11, 2003 and filed on behalf of workers at VPI
Mirrex, LLC, Delaware City Division, Delaware City, Delaware.
The workers produced rigid VPI film.
The investigation revealed that subject plant sales,
production and employment declined during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
rigid VPI film during 2001, 2002 and January through March 2003
over the corresponding 2002 period. The survey revealed that
major customers increased their purchases of imported rigid VPI
film, while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with rigid VPI film produced at VPI
Mirrex, LLC, Delaware City Division, Delaware City, Delaware
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 VPI Mirrex, LLC, Delaware City Division,
Delaware City, Delaware who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 28, 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 1st day of May, 2003.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance