DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,920

ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
CORRUGATOR BELTS DIVISION
MENANDS, NEW YORK


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 November 23, 2009 on behalf of the workers of Albany
International Corp., Corrugator Belts Division, Menands, New
York (Albany International Corp.). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of corrugator belts. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Albany
International Corp., Corrugator Belts Division, Menands, New
York, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of corrugator belts meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of corrugator belts by the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with corrugator belts
produced by Albany International Corp. have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of corrugator belts during the relevant period. The
survey revealed increased customer reliance on imported
corrugator belts.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of corrugator belts by customers of
Albany International Corp. contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Albany International Corp.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Albany International
Corp., Corrugator Belts Division, Menands, New York, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of corrugator
belts 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 Corp., Corrugator
Belts Division, Menands, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
11, 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 21st day of May 2010


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