DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,157

RISDON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE

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 are
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 August 28, 2009 on behalf of workers of Risdon
International, Inc., Laconia, New Hampshire. The workers
produce mascara brushes and flock tip applicators.
The investigation revealed that workers of Risdon
International, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
production of mascara brushes and flock tip applicators meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers are threatened with separation during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift to a foreign country by the workers' firm in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico and China by Risdon International, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Laconia, New Hampshire facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Risdon International,
Inc., Laconia, New Hampshire, who are engaged in employment
related to production of mascara brushes and flock tip
applicators 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 Risdon International, Inc., Laconia, New
Hampshire, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 27, 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 28th day of October, 2009

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