DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,519

APPLETON PAPERS, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF PAPERWEIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORP.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
METSO PAPER, ABB, ASHLAND, INC., BASF, CARRIER, ELOF HANSSON,
KONE CRANES, SECURITAS, SPEARS TRANSFER & EXPEDITING
WEST CARROLLTON, OHIO

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 April 19, 2012 by a company official, the United
Steelworkers (USW) Local 266, and a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Appleton Papers, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Paperweight Development Corporation, Appleton,
Wisconsin (Appleton). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of basestock. Specifically, the
workers produce basestock that is used as a component for
Appleton's final products, thermal and carbonless paper. The
workers are not separately identifiable. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Metso Paper, ABB,
Ashland, Inc., BASF, Carrier, Elof Hansson, Kone Cranes,
Securitas, and Spears Transfer & Expediting.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 production
of articles by Appleton have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Appleton have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and production declines at Appleton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Appleton Papers, Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Paperweight Development Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Metso Paper, ABB, Ashland,
Inc., BASF, Carrier, Elof Hansson, Kone Cranes, Securitas, and
Spears Transfer & Expediting, West Carrollton, Ohio, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of basestock 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 Appleton Papers, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Paperweight Development Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Metso Paper, ABB, Ashland, Inc.,
BASF, Carrier, Elof Hansson, Kone Cranes, Securitas, and
Spears Transfer & Expediting, West Carrollton, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 16, 2011 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 29th day of May, 2012.

/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance