DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,235

ALBANY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 8, 2009, by a Massachusetts State Workforce
official on behalf of workers of Albany International Research
Company, a Subsidiary of Albany International Corporation,
Mansfield, Massachusetts (Albany International Research
Company). The workers provide research and development
services, including fabric prototype research and development.
The investigation revealed that workers of Albany
International Research Company, who are engaged in employment
related to research and development services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Albany International Research Company
have been totally or partially separated, or threatened with
separation, over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to foreign countries the supply of services like or
directly competitive with research and development services
supplied by Albany International Research Company.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of research
and development services to England and Sweden contributed
importantly to workers' separation, or threat of separation,
at Albany International Research Company.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Albany International
Research Company, a Subsidiary of Albany International
Corporation, Mansfield, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of research and development
services, 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 Albany International Research Company, a
Subsidiary of Albany International Corporation,
Mansfield, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 2, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 29th day of January, 2010

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