DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,492

APPLETON COATED, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARJOWIGGINS SAS
COMBINED LOCKS, WISCONSIN

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 22, 2009 by an official of 2-144 USW on behalf of
workers of Appleton Coated, LLC, a subsidiary of Arjowiggins
SAS, Combined Locks, Wisconsin. The workers produce coated
freesheet paper and carbonless and thermal paper basestock.
The investigation revealed that workers of Appleton Coated,
LLC who are engaged in employment related to production of
coated freesheet paper and carbonless and thermal paper
basestock meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of coated freesheet paper and carbonless and
thermal paper basestock by Appleton Coated, LLC have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with coated freesheet
paper and carbonless and thermal paper basestock produced by by
Appleton Coated, LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Appleton Coated, LLC
contributed importantly to the worker separations and sales/
production declines at the Combined Locks, Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Appleton Coated, LLC,
a subsidiary of Arjowiggins SAS, Combined Locks, Wisconsin, who
are engaged in employment related to production of coated
freesheet paper and carbonless and thermal paper basestock 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 Appleton Coated, LLC, a subsidiary of
Arjowiggins SAS, Combined Locks, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 20, 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 29th day of December, 2009

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance