DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,990

ANDERSEN CORPORATION
MENOMONIE DIVISION
MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, 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 investigation was initiated on February 21, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Andersen Corporation, Menomenie Division,
Menomenie, Wisconsin. Workers produce residential windows,
specifically the 200 series line.
Employment, sales, and production at the subject firm declined
comparing the first month in 2007 to that in 2006.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of residential
windows in 2005, 2006, and the first month in 2006 and 2007. This
survey revealed increased imports of residential windows during the
relevant period.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed workers in the workers' firm do
possess skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with 200 series windows produced by
Andersen Corporation, Menomenie Division, Menomenie, Wisconsin,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers at the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Andersen Corporation, Menomenie Division,
Menomenie, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 15, 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
I further determine that all workers of Andersen Corporation,
Menomenie Division, Menomenie, Wisconsin, are denied eligibility 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 March 2007

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