DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,236

COLLIS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SSW HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
CLINTON, IOWA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Collis, Inc., a subsidiary of SSW Holding Company,
Inc., Clinton, Iowa (Collis, Inc.). The workers produce steel
wire refrigerator shelving.
The investigation revealed that workers of Collis, Inc. who
are engaged in employment related to the production of steel
wire refrigerator shelving meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least 5 percent
of workers have been separated in January through April 2009
compared with the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of steel wire refrigerator shelving by Collis,
Inc. have decreased absolutely January through April 2009
compared with the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with steel
wire refrigerator shelving by Collis, Inc. have increased.
Specifically, the importation of steel wire shelves and
baskets.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of steel wire shelves and baskets by
customers of Collis, Inc. contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Collis, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Collis, Inc., a
subsidiary of SSW Holding Company, Inc., Clinton, Iowa, who are
engaged in employment related to steel wire refrigerator
shelving meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Collis, Inc., a subsidiary of SSW Holding
Company, Inc., Clinton, Iowa, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of August, 2009.


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