DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,070

MAGRUDER COLOR COMPANY, INC.
BRIDGEVIEW DIVISION
BRIDGEVIEW, ILLINOIS

TA-W-54,070A

MAGRUDER COLOR COMPANY, INC.
INDOL CARTERET DIVISION
CARTERET, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative 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
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 January 23, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Magruder Color
Company, Inc., Bridgeview Division, Bridgeview, Illinois (TA-W-
54,070) and Indol Carteret Division, Carteret, New Jersey (TA-W-
54,070A). The workers at the subject facilities produced flush
pigments.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject divisions declined from 2002 to 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject divisions' major
customers regarding their purchases of flush pigments in 2002 and
2003. The survey revealed increased imports during the above
periods.
United States aggregate imports of flush pigments increased in
2003 compared with 2002.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with flush pigments produced at the
subject firm contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Magruder Color Company, Inc., Bridgeview
Division, Bridgeview, Illinois, and Indol Carteret Division,
Carteret, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 22, 2003,
through two years from the date of certification are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 23rd day of March, 2004

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