DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,406

CERATIZIT SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CERATIZIT USA, INC.
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 (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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 5, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ceratizit South Carolina, LLC, a subsidiary of Ceratizit
USA, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina. The workers produce pen ball
blanks and are separately identifiable from other products produced
at the subject firm.
The preponderance in the declines in employment and ultimate
closure at the subject firm is related to a shift in plant
production of pen ball blanks to Luxembourg. The firm will import
the pen ball blanks back to the United States.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Luxembourg 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:
"All workers of Ceratizit South Carolina, LLC, a subsidiary of
Ceratizit USA, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina engaged in the
production of pen ball blanks who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 2, 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 2008



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance