DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,914

HOLT SUBLIMATION PRINTING & PRODUCTS, INC.
BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 November 23, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Holt Sublimation Printing & Products, Inc.,
Burlington, North Carolina. The workers produce printed images
on various products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Holt Sublimation
Printing & Products, Inc., Burlington, North Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to sublimation printing, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of printed images by Holt Sublimation Printing
& Products, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with printed
images produced by the workers' firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at Holt
Sublimation Printing & Products, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Holt Sublimation
Printing & Products, Inc., Burlington, North Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to production of printed images,
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 Holt Sublimation Printing & Products,
Inc., Burlington, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
22, 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 28th day of February, 2011


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