DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,442

TOPPAN MERRILL LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF TOPPAN PRINTING CO. LTD
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER MERRILL
COMMUNICATIONS LLC OR TOPPAN VINTAGE INC.
COMPOSITION DIVISION
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 December 4, 2019 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workrtd of Toppan Merrill LLC, a subsidiary
of Toppan Printing Co. Ltd, including workers whose wages are
reported under Merrill Communications LLC or Toppan Vintage
Inc., Composition Division, New York, New York (Toppan Merrill-
Composition). Workers of Toppan Merrill-Composition are engaged
in activities related to the supply of financial printing and
communication solution services.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Toppan Merrill-Composition 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 supply of a(n) service like
or directly competitive with the financial printing and
communication solutions services supplied by the subject workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Toppan Merrill-Composition.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Toppan Merrill-
Composition, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of financial printing and communication solutions services, 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 Toppan Merrill LLC, a subsidiary of Toppan
Printing Co. Ltd, including workers whose wages are
reported under Merrill Communications LLC or Toppan Vintage
Inc., Composition Division, New York, New York, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 3, 2018 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 30th day of April 2020.

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