DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,638

ACME FACE VENEER CO., INC.
LEXINGTON, NORTH 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 an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 19, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Acme Face Veneer Co., Inc., Lexington, North
Carolina. The workers at the subject facility produced cut-to-
size wooden veneer faces and lasered veneer designs. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product.
Employment at the subject facility declined in December
2006.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplies
component parts for case goods and furniture, and at least 20
percent of its production or sales are supplied to a
manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance.
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 do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Acme Face Veneer Co.,
Inc., Lexington, North Carolina qualifies as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Acme Face Veneer Co., Inc., Lexington,
North Carolina who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 13, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 5th day of January 2007.

/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance