DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,512

KIMBLE GLASS, INC.
A DIVISION OF GERRESHEIMER GLAS
WARSAW, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on August 26, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America, Local
614 on behalf of workers at Kimble Glass, Inc., a division of
Gerresheimer Glas, Warsaw, Indiana. The workers at the subject
firm produce glass vials and ampoules.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined from 2002 to 2003.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
glass vials and ampoules increased during the relevant period.
In addition, 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 that in this case the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the division 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 glass vials and ampoules produced
at Kimble Glass, Inc., a division of Gerresheimer Glas, Warsaw,
Indiana 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 Kimble Glass, Inc., a division of Gerresheimer
Glas, Warsaw, Indiana who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 25, 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 28th day of September 2004.

/s/ Richard Church

_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance