DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,174

SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL
A SUBSIDIARY OF SWM POLAND SP.ZO.O
SPOTSWOOD, NEW JERSEY

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 September 2, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, a
subsidiary of SWM Poland Sp.Zo.O, Spotswood, New Jersey
(Schweitzer-Mauduit International). Workers of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International are engaged in activities related to the production
of cigarette paper.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Schweitzer-Mauduit International
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 cigarette paper produced by
the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Schweitzer-Mauduit International.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of cigarette paper, 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 Schweitzer-Mauduit International, a
subsidiary of SWM Poland Sp.Zo.O, Spotswood, New Jersey, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 1, 2019, 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 5th day of November 2020.

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