DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,269

HORTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC
TALLMADGE, OHIO

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on March 11, 2010, applicable to workers of Horton
Archery, LLC, formerly known as Wildcomm-Horton Partners, LLC,
Tallmadge, Ohio. The Department’s notice of determination was
published in the Federal Register April 23, 2010 (75 FR 21355).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of archery equipment.
Information shows that Horton Manufacturing Company, LLC
went into receivership in 2009 and subsequently sold its assets
to Wildcomm-Horton Partners, LLC. Later, Wildcomm-Horton
Partners, LLC changed its name to Horton Archery, LLC.
Based on these findings, the Department determines that the
separated workers were employees of Horton Manufacturing Company,
LLC and were not employees of either Wildcomm-Horton Partners,
LLC or Horton Archery, LLC.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Horton Manufacturing Company, LLC, Tallmadge,
Ohio, who were adversely affected by increased imports of archery
equipment, and to exclude all other workers.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,269 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Horton Manufacturing Company, LLC,
Tallmadge, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 16, 2008
through March 11, 2012, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 30th day of June, 2010

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
__________________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,269

HORTON ARCHERY, LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS WILDCOMM-HORTON PARTNERS, LLC
TALLMADGE, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers’ firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 17, 2009 on behalf of workers of Horton Archery,
LLC, formerly known as Wildcomm-Horton Partners, LLC, Tallmadge,
Ohio (Horton Archery). The workers produced archery equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Horton Archery,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of archery
equipment, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of workers at Horton Archery has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation, during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of archery equipment by Horton Archery have decreased.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the aggregate
United States imports for consumption of archery equipment and
related accessories, which are like and directly competitive with
articles produced by Horton Archery, were high and increasing
relative to domestic production in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because U.S.
imports for consumption of archery equipment (and like or
directly competitive articles) contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at Horton
Archery, Tallmadge, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Horton Archery,
Tallmadge, Ohio, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
“All workers of Horton Archery, LLC, formerly known as
Wildcomm-Horton Partners, LLC, Tallmadge, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 16, 2008 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.”
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of March, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance




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