DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,908

LION RIBBON COMPANY, INC.
d/b/a C.M. OFFRAY, INC.
HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
an 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 30, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by a State agency representative on behalf of
workers at Lion Ribbon Company, Inc. d/b/a C.M. Offray, Inc.,
Hagerstown, Maryland. The workers at the subject facility produce
woven and cut-edge ribbon; they are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of woven and cut-edge
ribbon to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Lion Ribbon Company, Inc. d/b/a C.M. Offray,
Inc., Hagerstown, Maryland, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 29, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of July, 2003.


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