DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,493

CREATIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
POTOMAC, ILLINOIS

TA-W-38,493A

CREATIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
ROSSVILLE, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on January 2, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at
Creative Products, Inc., Potomac and Rossville, Illinois. The
Potomac facility (now closed) produced exclusively personal care
products (hair spray, deodorants, perfumed sprays, etc.). The
Rossville facility housed a production line that was used
alternately for personal care products or food-related products
(aerosol cooking sprays). The latter facility also housed the
administrative staff related to both product lines.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm does not import personal care products.
There were no declining customers.
The subject firm stated that its parent company desired to
exit the personal care business and devote its attention entirely
to its main product line, food.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Creative
Products, Inc., Potomac and Rossville, Illinois, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 24th day of April 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance