DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,937

VISCOTEC AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CATAWBA VALLEY STAFFING
MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 worker
petition filed on June 3, 2009 by on behalf of workers of
Viscotec Automotive Products, LLC, Morganton, North Carolina.
The workers are engaged in the production of automotive body
cloth and headliner.
The investigation revealed that workers of Viscotec
Automotive Products, LLC, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of automotive body cloth and headliner, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of automotive body cloth and headliner by
Viscotec Automotive Products, LLC have decreased absolutely in
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
automotive body cloth and headliner produced by Viscotec
Automotive Products, LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of automotive body cloth and headliner
or directly competitive articles by customers of Viscotec
Automotive Products, LLC contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Viscotec
Automotive Products, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Viscotec Automotive
Products, LLC, Morganton, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of automotive body cloth
and headliner 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 Viscotec Automotive Products, LLC,
Morganton, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 29, 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 September, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance