DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,699

CHARLES D. OWEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SPRINGS GLOBAL US, INC.
SWANNANOA, 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 June 11, 2012 by the company official on behalf of
workers of Charles D. Owen Manufacturing Company, Inc., a
subsidiary of Springs Global US, Inc., Swannanoa, North
Carolina. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of non-woven polyester blankets and flocked
nylon blankets.
Workers of Charles D. Owen Manufacturing Company, Inc., a
subsidiary of Springs Global US, Inc., Swannanoa, North
Carolina were certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance under
petition number TA-W-73,469 that expires on July 30, 2012.
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 non-woven polyester blankets and flocked
nylon blankets by Charles D. Owen have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the non-
woven polyester blankets and flocked nylon blankets produced
by Charles D. Owen Manufacturing Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Charles D.
Owen Manufacturing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Charles D. Owen
Manufacturing Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Springs Global
US, Inc., Swannanoa, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to production of non-woven polyester
blankets and flocked nylon blankets 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 Charles D. Owen Manufacturing Company,
Inc., a subsidiary of Springs Global US, Inc., Swannanoa,
North Carolina, who become totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 31, 2012, 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 25th day of July, 2012


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