DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,210

CROSSVILLE, INC.
DBA PELTIER GLASS COMPANY
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS

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 June 9, 2010, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Crossville, Inc., DBA Peltier Glass Company, Ottawa, Illinois
(subject firm). The workers manufacture glass tile, candle
holders, and other glass press ware for the automotive and
dental industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Crossville,
Inc., DBA Peltier Glass Company, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of glass tile, candle holders, and
other glass press ware, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers at the subject firm has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because subject firm
sales and/or production decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the glass tile,
candle holders, and other glass press ware produced by
Crossville, Inc., DBA Peltier Glass Company, have increased
during the relevant period. Specifically, the subject firm's
sister facility (Crossville, Inc. in Crossville, Tennessee),
which continues production in place of the now-defunct subject
firm, is importing goods like and directly competitive with
those previously manufactured at the subject firm.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of glass tile, candle holders, and other
glass press ware contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Crossville Inc.,
DBA Peltier Glass Company, Ottawa, Illinois.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Crossville, Inc., DBA
Peltier Glass Company, Ottawa, Illinois, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of glass tile, candle
holders, and other glass press ware, 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 Crossville, Inc., DBA Peltier Glass
Company, Ottawa, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 3, 2009, 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 8th day of December, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen_________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance