DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,220

SCHWEITZER-MANDUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SPOTSWOOD, NEW JERSEY

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 January 6, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Schweitzer-Manduit International, Inc., Spotswood,
New Jersey (Spotswood Mill). The workers produced specialty
papers that are used by customers in the production of
cigarettes.
The investigation revealed that workers of Schweitzer-
Manduit International, Inc., Spotswood, New Jersey who are
engaged in employment related to specialty papers meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers were laid off and further layoffs are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted the production of specialty papers from the
Spotswood, New Jersey facility to affiliated facilities in
France and Brazil.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of specialty
papers to France and Brazil by Schweitzer-Manduit
International, Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Schweitzer-Manduit International, Inc.,
Spotswood, New Jersey facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schweitzer-Manduit
International, Inc., Spotswood, New Jersey, who are engaged in
employment related to specialty papers 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 Schweitzer-Manduit International, Inc.,
Spotswood, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 6, 2009,
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 5th day of March 2010

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