DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,877

SYZYGY INC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
WACO, TEXAS

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 February 1, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at SYZYGY Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kimberly-
Clark Corporation, Waco, Texas. The workers provide accounts
payable services.

The investigation revealed that the workers of the subject
firm are related to the production of disposable diapers
produced at Kimberly-Clark, Neenah, Wisconsin (TA-W-59,844)
which employs a group of workers who were certified to apply for
trade benefits on August 3, 2005.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment at the subject firm are related to a
shift in production of disposable diapers from Kimberly-Clark,
Neenah, Wisconsin (TA-W-59,844) to Mexico, a country that is a
party to a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
In addition, 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
of disposable diapers from Kimberly-Clark Corporation to Mexico
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 SYZYGY Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Waco, Texas, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
31, 2006, 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 26th day of February, 2007


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