DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,763

INTELICOAT TECHNOLOGIES IMAGE PRODUCTS S. HADLEY, LLC.
SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS

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 June 28, 2012 by the International Union of
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture
Workers - Communication Workers of America (IUE-CWA), Local
81246 on behalf of workers of InteliCoat Technologies Image
Products S. Hadley, LLC., South Hadley, Massachusetts
(InteliCoat). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of digital imaging media for wide
format ink jet printers ("ink jet media" such as paper, vinyl,
film, and fabrics). The group also performs chemical coating
to create high quality imaging. The workers are not
separately identifiable.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 production of ink jet media by InteliCoat have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of ink jet media like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by InteliCoat have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales and production declines at
InteliCoat.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of InteliCoat
Technologies Image Products S. Hadley, LLC., South Hadley,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of production of digital imaging media for wide
format ink jet printers (ink jet media such as paper, vinyl,
film, and fabrics) 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 InteliCoat Technologies Image Products S.
Hadley, LLC., South Hadley, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 27, 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 12th day of July, 2012.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance