DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,258

CANTECH INDUSTRIES INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF INTERTAPE POLYMER GROUP INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM @WORK PERSONNEL AND
STAFF PRO
JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 23, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cantech Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Intertape
Polymer Group Inc., including on-site leased workers from
@Work Personnel and Staff Pro, Johnson City, Tennessee (herein
referred to as "Cantech"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of polypropylene film and
pressure sensitive tapes. The subject worker group includes
production, customer service, accounting and administrative
workers.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Cantech.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cantech Industries
Inc., a subsidiary of Intertape Polymer Group Inc., including
on-site leased workers from @Work Personnel and Staff Pro,
Johnson City, Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of polypropylene film and pressure sensitive
tapes 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 Cantech Industries Inc., a subsidiary of
Intertape Polymer Group Inc., including on-site leased
workers from @Work Personnel and Staff Pro, Johnson City,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 22, 2017 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 1st day of November 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance