DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,169

PUTNAM COMPANY, INC.
WALWORTH, WISCONSIN

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 September 25, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Putnam Company Inc., Walworth, Wisconsin ("Putnam").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of artificial snow products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner/workers' firm and the firm's
major declining customer(s).
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 artificial snow products produced by Putnam
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of artificial snow products like or directly
competitive with the artificial snow products by Putnam
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
Putnam.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Putnam Company Inc.,
Walworth, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of artificial snow products 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 Putnam Company Inc., Walworth, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 22, 2016 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 23rd day of October 2017.

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