DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,116

CLARIANT CORPORATION
MARTIN PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL, FLUOR ENTERPRISES, INC.,
AND SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES USA, INC.
MARTIN, SOUTH 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 29, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Clariant Corporation, Martin Plant, including on-site
leased workers from Austin Industrial, Fluor Enterprises, Inc.,
and Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., Martin, South
Carolina. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of optical brightening agents.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and several of its major
customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of optical brightening agents by Clariant
Corporation have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the optical
brightening agents by Clariant Corporation have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Clariant
Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Clariant Corporation,
Martin Plant, including on-site leased workers from Austin
Industrial, Fluor Enterprises, Inc., and Securitas Security
Services USA, Inc., Martin, South Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of optical brightening
agents 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 Clariant Corporation, Martin Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Austin Industrial,
Fluor Enterprises, Inc., and Securitas Security Services
USA, Inc., Martin, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 13,
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 2nd day of April, 2012.

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