DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,300

ALS HOLDINGS, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS APEX LABEL AND SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF TAPP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CLACKAMAS, OREGON

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. (Set forth in 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 June 25, 2010 on behalf of workers of ALS Holdings,
Inc. formerly known as Apex Label and Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of Tapp Technologies, Inc., Clackamas, Oregon (ALS
Oregon). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
printing of labels for food and wine packaging.
The investigation revealed that workers of ALS Oregon, who
are engaged in activities related to the printing of labels for
food and wine packaging, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in the printing of labels for food and wine packaging by
ALS Oregon to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
printing of labels for food and wine packaging by ALS Oregon
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Clackamas, Oregon facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ALS Holdings, Inc.
formerly known as Apex Label and Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of
Tapp Technologies, Inc., Clackamas, Oregon, who are engaged in
employment related to the printing of labels for food and wine
packaging, 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 ALS Holdings, Inc. formerly known as Apex
Label and Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Tapp Technologies,
Inc., Clackamas, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 24, 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 16th day of August, 2010

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