DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,041

VANGUARD PAI LUNG, LLC
MONROE, 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(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 November 1, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC, Monroe, North Carolina. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of industrial knitting machinery and parts. Workers of Vanguard
Pai Lung, LLC, Monroe, North Carolina were previously
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
under petition TA-W-65,867. The certification expired on July
21, 2011.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and official government sources
of information.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of industrial knitting machinery and parts by
Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the industrial
knitting machinery and parts by produced Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Vanguard Pai
Lung, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vanguard Pai Lung,
LLC, Monroe, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of industrial knitting machinery and
parts, 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 Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC, Monroe, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 22, 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 28th day of February, 2012.

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