DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,259

FIBERMARK, INC.
ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN

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 eligibility 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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

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


The investigation was initiated on April 8, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the PACE International Union
Local 6-1023 on behalf of workers at FiberMark, Inc., Rochester,
Michigan. The workers were engaged in employment related to the
production of automotive filters.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
automotive filters produced by FiberMark, Inc., Rochester,
Michigan.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of FiberMark, Inc., Rochester, Michigan, regarding
their purchases of automotive filters in 2000, 2001, and the
first-quarter of 2002. The survey revealed that no respondent
reported importing any automotive filters while decreasing
purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
Investigative findings further revealed that any separa-
tions at FiberMark, Inc., Rochester, Michigan were due to the
transfer of production to another company-owned domestic plant.







Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
FiberMark, Inc., Rochester, Michigan are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of June 2002.



/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance