DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,443

AMORIM INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CORTICEIRA AMORIM S.G.P.S., S.A. PORTUGAL
TREVOR, WISCONSIN

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 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 December 1, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Amorim Industrial Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of
Corticeira Amorim S.G.P.S., S.A. Portugal, Trevor, Wisconsin.
The workers produce cork-rubber gaskets and are a separately
identifiable worker group at the plant.
The investigation also revealed that employment of workers
producing cork-rubber gaskets at the subject firm declined from
January through November 2005 over the corresponding 2004
period.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in the production of cork-
rubber gaskets to Portugal.
Company imports of cork-rubber gaskets increased during
January through November 2005 over the corresponding 2004
period.
In accordance with Section 246 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 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 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 do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


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 Portugal of articles
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to
be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive
articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"Workers of Amorim Industrial Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary
of Corticeira Amorim S.G.P.S., S.A. Portugal, Trevor,
Wisconsin, engaged in the production of cork-rubber gaskets
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 23, 2004, 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 12th day of December, 2005

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