DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,665

AMERICAN & EFIRD, INC.
d/b/a ROBISON ANTON TEXTILE COMPANY
FORMERLY KNOWN AS ROBISON ANTON TEXTILE COMPANY
CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA

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 December 22, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company on behalf of workers
of American & Efird, Inc., d/b/a Robison Anton Textile Company,
formerly Robison Anton Textile Company, Clarks Summit,
Pennsylvania. The workers produced embroidery thread and yarn.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject facility declined from 2004 to 2005, as well as in
January through June of 2006 compared with the corresponding
2005 period. The Clark Summit facility shut down on January 26,
2007.
United States aggregate imports of spun yarn made of rayon
were very high (well over 100 percent of U.S. shipments) in 2005
and have increased sharply in subsequent periods.
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. Employment conditions in 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 embroidery thread and yarn
produced at American & Efird, Inc., d/b/a Robison Anton Textile
Company, formerly Robison Anton Textile Company, Clarks Summit,
Pennsylvania, 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 at American & Efird, Inc., d/b/a Robison Anton
Textile Company, formerly Robison Anton Textile Company, Clarks
Summit, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 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 28th day of February 2007


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