DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,960

FIBRE-METAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORTH SAFETY PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF RANSTAD, AEROTEK, WESTAFF,
LIBERTY PERSONELL SERVICES AND ASIA AMERICA GROUPS, INC.
CONCORDVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 August 28, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fibre-Metal Products Company, a subsidiary of North
Safety Products, Concordville, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce protective head equipment (i.e. hard hats, welding
helmets and police riot gear).
The preponderance in the decline in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
protective head equipment (i.e. hard hats, welding helmets and
police riot gear) to a country (Mexico) that is party to a free
trade agreement with the United States.
Through further investigation, Fibre-Metal Products
Company, a subsidiary of North Safety Products, Concordville,
Pennsylvania also leased workers from Randstad, Aerotek,
Westaff, Liberty Personnel Services and Asia America Groups,
Inc. to produce protective head equipment (i.e. hard hats,
welding helmets and police riot gear).
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 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 Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with protective head equipment
(i.e. hard hats, welding helmets and police riot gear) produced
by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Fibre-Metal Products Company, a subsidiary
of North Safety Products, Concordville, Pennsylvania who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 17, 2005, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 29th day of August, 2006



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