DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,211

AGY HUNTINGDON
A SUBSIDIARY OF AGY HOLDING CORPORATION
HUNTINGDON, 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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 December 5, 2012 on behalf of workers of AGY
Huntingdon, a subsidiary of AGY Holding Corporation,
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of glass yarns used in
the production of fiberglass.
Workers of AGY Huntingdon, a subsidiary of AGY Holding
Corporation, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania were previously
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
petition number TA-W-71,032. That certification expired on
October 7, 2012.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and customers of the firm.
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 glass yarns by AGY Huntingdon, a
subsidiary of AGY Holding Corporation, Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with fiberglass incorporating glass yarns produced by AGY
Huntingdon, a subsidiary of AGY Holding Corporation,
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 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 AGY
Huntingdon, a subsidiary of AGY Holding Corporation,
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AGY Huntingdon, a
subsidiary of AGY Holding Corporation, Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of glass yarns 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 AGY Huntingdon, a subsidiary of AGY
Holding Corporation, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 8, 2012, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment 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 March, 2013


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