DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,209

RAXON FABRICS
A SUBSIDIARY OF VESCOM NORTH AMERICA, INC.
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 February 10, 2011, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Raxon Fabrics, a subsidiary of Vescom North America,
Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania. The workers produce upholstery
fabric.
Workers of Raxon Fabrics, a subsidiary of Vescom North
America, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, were covered by
certification TA-W-64,948 that expired on February 27, 2011.
The investigation revealed that workers of Raxon Fabrics,
who are engaged in employment related to production of
upholstery fabric, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of upholstery fabric by Raxon Fabrics have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the upholstery fabric produced by Raxon Fabrics have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Raxon Fabrics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Raxon Fabrics, a
subsidiary of Vescom North America, Inc., Allentown,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
production of upholstery fabric, 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 Raxon Fabrics, a subsidiary of Vescom North
America, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
28, 2011, 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 1st day of April, 2011


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance