DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,396

MAT NUWOOD LLC
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 25, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Man Nuwood LLC, Lenoir, North Carolina. The workers
produce medium-density fiberboard for residential furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of Man Nuwood LLC,
Lenoir, North Carolina who are engaged in employment related
production of medium-density fiberboard meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers are threatened with separation during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Man
Nuwood LLC, Lenoir, North Carolina produced and sold medium-
density fiberboard to Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.,
Stanleytown, Virginia to be incorporated into residential
furniture. Workers of Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.,
Stanleytown, Virginia are covered by certification number TA-
W-62,313A issued based on increased company imports of
furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the medium-density
fiberboard produced by Man Nuwood LLC, Lenoir, North Carolina
for Stanley Furniture Company, Inc., Stanleytown, Virginia
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production and sales
of Man Nuwood LLC, Lenoir, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Man Nuwood LLC,
Lenoir, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to
production of medium-density fiberboard 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 Man Nuwood LLC, Lenoir, North Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 24, 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 28th day of October, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

_____________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance