DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,617

ADVANCED FIBER TECHNOLOGIES FINEBAR, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS NORWALK INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ADVANCED FIBER TECHNOLOGIES TRUST
MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 31, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Advanced Fiber Technologies Finebar, Inc.,
formerly known as Norwalk Industrial Components, LLC, a subsidiary
of Advanced Fiber Technologies Trust, Manchester, Connecticut.
Workers of the subject firm produce steel refiner plates used in
the paper pulp industry; they are not separately identifiable by
articles produced.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at
Advanced Fiber Technologies Finebar, Inc., Manchester, Connecticut
is related to a shift in production of steel refiner plates used in
the paper pulp industry to Canada, a country which is a party to a
free trade agreement with the United States.
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 there was a shift in production
from Advanced Fiber technologies Finebar, Inc., formerly known as
Norwalk Industrial Components, LLC, a subsidiary of Advanced Fiber
Technologies Trust, Manchester, Connecticut to Canada of articles
that are like or directly competitive with the products produced by
the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Advanced Fiber Technologies Finebar, Inc.,
formerly known as Norwalk Industrial Components, LLC, a
subsidiary of Advanced Fiber Technologies Trust, Manchester,
Connecticut who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 28, 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 2008


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