DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,261

EYBL CARTEX, INC.
A DIVISION OF EYBL INTERNATIONAL
FOUNTAIN INN, SOUTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:

(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on October 21, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Eybl Cartex, Inc., a Division of Eybl International,
Fountain Inn, South Carolina. The workers produce automotive
seating fabric.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Automotive seating fabric is not being imported either by
Eybl Cartex, Inc., a Division of Eybl International, Fountain
Inn, South Carolina or by its major customers.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Eybl
Cartex, Inc., a Division of Eybl International, Fountain Inn,
South Carolina, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of December, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance