DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,238

APPLETON COATED LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF VIRTUS HOLDINGS LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BUILDING SERVICES GROUP AND SECURITAS SERVICES
COMBINED LOCKS, 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 October 20, 2017 by a company official and the United
Steelworkers, Local 2-144 on behalf of workers of Appleton
Coated LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Virtus Holdings LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Building Services Group
and Securitas Services, Combined Locks, Wisconsin ("Appleton
Coated LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of coated and uncoated freesheet
printing and writing papers, and specialty basestock papers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
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 coated and uncoated freesheet printing and
writing papers, and specialty basestock papers by Appleton
Coated LLC have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Appleton Coated LLC 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
Appleton Coated LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Appleton Coated LLC,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Virtus Holdings LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Building Services Group and
Securitas Services, Combined Locks, Wisconsin, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of coated and uncoated
freesheet printing and writing papers, and specialty basestock
papers, 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 Coated LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Virtus Holdings LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Building Services Group and Securitas
Services, Combined Locks, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 16,
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 18th day of January 2018.

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