DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,535

KIMBERLY CLARK
GLOBAL NONWOVENS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STROM ENGINEERING 
CORPORATION, FLS, E-TRANS, BARTECH (AKA GUIDANT GLOBAL)
NEENAH, WISCONSIN

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 February 12, 2019 by a company official on behalf of 
workers of Kimberly Clark, Global Nonwovens Division, including 
on-site leased workers from Strom Engineering Corporation, 
FLS, E-Trans, Bartech (AKA Guidant Global), Neenah, Wisconsin. 
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production 
of nonwoven materials.
      During the course of the investigation, information was 
collected from the workers' firm. 
      Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.   
      Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' 
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an 
article like or directly competitive with the article produced 
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group 
separations at Kimberly Clark, Global Nonwovens Division, 
Neenah, Wisconsin.



Conclusion
	After careful review of the facts obtained in the 
investigation, I determine that workers of Kimberly Clark, 
Global Nonwovens Division, including on-site leased workers 
from Strom Engineering Corporation, FLS, E-Trans, Bartech (AKA 
Guidant Global), Neenah, Wisconsin, who are engaged in 
activities related to the production of nonwoven materials, 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 Kimberly Clark, Global Nonwovens Division, 
including on-site leased workers from Strom Engineering 
Corporation, FLS, E-Trans, Bartech (AKA Guidant Global), 
Neenah, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after February 11, 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 22nd day of February 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance