DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,168

KORN INDUSRTIES
A SUBSIDIARY OF CHROMCRAFT REVINGTON INCORPORATED
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 29, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Korn Industries, A Subsidiary of Chromcraft Revington
Incorporated, Sumter, South Carolina. The workers produce
residential wood furniture.
The investigation revealed that in January through August 2006
as compared with January through August 2005, the subject facility
decreased sales and production of residential wood furniture.
The investigation determined that there is a threat of an
employment decline at the subject firm.
Korn Industries, A Subsidiary of Chromcraft Revington
Incorporated, imported residential wood furniture from 2005 through
August 2006. The investigation further revealed that the subject
firm is replacing the production of residential wood furniture at
the Sumter, South Carolina plant with imports.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with residential wood furniture
produced by Korn Industries, A Subsidiary of Chromcraft Revington
Incorporated, Sumter, South Carolina, contributed importantly to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Korn Industries, A Subsidiary of Chromcraft
Revington Incorporated, Sumter, South Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 20, 2005 through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of October 2006


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