DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,224

TETRA PAK GABLE TOP SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF TETRA PAK, INC.
MINNEAPLIS, MINNESOTA

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 February 11, 2011 by a Minneapolis workforce official
on behalf of workers of Tetra Pak Gable Top Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of Tetra Pak, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. The
workers are engaged in activities related to production of
liquid food packaging machines for filling gable-top cartons.
Workers of Tetra Pak Gable Top Systems, Inc., a subsidiary
of Tetra Pak, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota were covered by
certification number TA-W-64,348 that expired on December 10,
2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tetra Pak Gable
Top Systems, Inc., who are engaged in activities related to
production of liquid food packaging machines for filling gable-
top cartons, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the workers' firm have been separated and
further separations are threatened.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
is shifting to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production has contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at the Minneapolis, Minnesota facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tetra Pak Gable Top
Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Tetra Pak, Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota, who are engaged in activities related to production
of liquid food packaging machines for filling gable-top cartons,
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 Tetra Pak Gable Top Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of Tetra Pak, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 11, 2010, 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 April, 2011

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