DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,238

NASHUA CORPORATION
IMAGING SUPPLIES-COVERTED PAPER DIVISION
JEFFERSON CITY, TENNESSEE

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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 18, 2006, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Nashua
Corporation, Imaging Supplies-Converted Paper Division,
Jefferson City, Tennessee. The workers are engaged in the
production of business machine ribbons.
The investigation determined that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2004 to 2005.
Sales and employment declined from January through March 2006
over the corresponding 2005 period.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
business machine ribbons increased relative to plant production
during the relevant time 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 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 business machine ribbons
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:
"Workers of Nashua Corporation, Imaging Supplies-Converted
Paper Division, Jefferson City, Tennessee, engaged in
employment related to the production of business machine
ribbons, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 17, 2005, 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 18th day of May, 2006.



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