DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,084

ROPAK ATLANTIC, INC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LINPAC GROUP LIMITED
DAYTON, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (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 January 26, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Ropak Atlantic, Inc., a subsidiary of LINPAC Group
Limited, Dayton, New Jersey. The workers produced rigid plastic
containers.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of rigid plastic
containers to a country (Canada) 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Canada 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 Ropak Atlantic, Inc., a subsidiary of LINPAC
Group Limited, Dayton, New Jersey who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 16,
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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of February 2004.

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