DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,855

FIBERMARK, INC.
DECORATIVE SPECIALTY INTERNATIONAL
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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 cer-
tification 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 subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on July 22, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by the International Union of Paper, Allied-
Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers on behalf of workers at Fi-
berMark, Inc., Decorative Specialties International, West Spring-
field, Massachusetts. The workers produced specialty paper sold
within the corporation. Workers are not separately identifiable by
specific product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm did not import specialty paper during the
relevant period.
It has also been determined that all production from the sub-
ject firm was shifted domestically to manufacturing facilities of
FiberMark, Inc. located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional Ad-
justment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the sub-
ject firm (NAFTA-6335).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Fiber-
Mark, Inc., Decorative Specialties International, West Springfield,
Massachusetts engaged in employment related to the production of
specialty paper, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment as-
sistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of September 2002.
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance