DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,945

FUTURO
A DIVISION OF BEIERSDORF NA
MARIEMONT, OHIO

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, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Futuro, a division of Beiersdorf NA, Mariemont, Ohio.
The workers produce personal health support products such as elbow,
wrist, and knee braces.
The workers of subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-58,091, which
expired October 31, 2007.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance of the
employment decline at the subject firm is related to a shift in
production personal health support products to China and Taiwan.
Moreover, the subject firm will continue to increase reliance on
imports of personal health support products.
In addition, 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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China & Taiwan 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 Futuro, a division of Beiersdorf NA,
Mariemont, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 1, 2007 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 15th day of September 2008


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