DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,596

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION MATERIALS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NUKOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 September 8, 2010, by the United Steelworkers Union on
behalf of workers of International Communication Materials,
Inc., a subsidiary of Nukote International, Inc., Connellsville,
Pennsylvania. The workers produced toner.
The investigation revealed that workers of International
Communication Materials, who are engaged in employment related
to production of toner, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers have been separated during the period
under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of toner by International Communication Materials
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the toner produced by International Communication Materials
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at the Connellsville, Pennsylvania facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International
Communication Materials, Inc., a subsidiary of Nukote
International, Inc., Connellsville, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in employment related to production of toner, 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 International Communication Materials,
Inc., a subsidiary of Nukote International, Inc.,
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 31,
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 21st day of January, 2011

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