DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,762

SPECIALTY FILAMENTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITAL RESOURCE PARTNERS
MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT

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 January 16, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Specialty
Filaments, Inc., a subsidiary of Capital Resource Partners,
Middlebury, Vermont. The workers at the subject firm produced
plastic injection filaments; they are not separately identifiable
by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a sample survey of the
subject firm's customers regarding their purchases of plastic
injection filaments during 2005 and 2006. The survey revealed
increased customer imports of plastic injection filaments during
the period under investigation.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of 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 an increase in imports of articles
like or directly competitive with plastic injection filaments
produced by the subject firm 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 Specialty Filaments, Inc., a subsidiary of
Capital Resource Partners, Middlebury, Vermont, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 11, 2006 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 12th day of February 2007



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance