DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,668

PERMACEL
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, 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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a) (1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) (1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a) (2) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) (2)) may be satisfied if
either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section 222(a) (2)
(B) (ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) (2) (B) (ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 14, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Permacel, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The workers
produce pressure sensitive tapes.
The investigation revealed that workers of Permacel who are
engaged in employment related to the production of pressure
sensitive tape meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers in the workers' firm were separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Permacel has
shifted to a foreign country the acquisition of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
acquisition of pressure sensitive tape to Japan by Permacel
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Permacel, Pleasant
Prairie, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of pressure sensitive tape 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 Permacel, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 14, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 22nd day of September, 2009

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