DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,363

PRETIUM PACKAGING
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GEN STAR PRIVATE EQUITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFFMARK STAFFING AND PEOPLE LINK STAFFING
WALTERBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 November 28, 2018 on behalf of workers and former
workers of Pretium Packaging, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gen
Star Private Equity, including on-site leased workers from
Staffmark Staffing and People Link Staffing, Walterboro, South
Carolina (Pretium Packaging). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of rigid plastic blow-
molded bottles.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners, the workers' firm, and 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 sales and/or
production at Pretium Packaging have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
rigid plastic blow-molded bottles produced by Pretium
Packaging have increased during the relevant period when
compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Pretium
Packaging.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pretium Packaging,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of rigid
plastic blow molded bottles, 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 Pretium Packaging, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Gen Star Private Equity, including on-site
leased workers from Staffmark Staffing and People Link
Staffing, Walterboro, South Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
27, 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 February 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance