DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,126

AMERICAN FAST PRINT LTD
U.S. FINISHING DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ATLANTEX LTD
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 29, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Fast Print LTD, U.S. Finishing Division, a
subsidiary of Atlantex Ltd, Greenville, South Carolina. The
workers at the subject facility dyed and bleached fabric. This
fabric was supplied to the subject facility's sister facility,
American Fast Print LTD, a subsidiary of Atlantex LTD, Spartanburg,
South Carolina (TA-W-53,855), and used in the production of printed
fabric.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility closed on
November 7, 2003. The Department of Labor surveyed American Fast
Print LTD's major declining customer regarding its purchases of
printed cloth. This survey revealed increased imports from 2001 to
2002 and during the period of Janaury through November 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject
firm contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of American Fast Print LTD, U.S. Finishing
Division, a subsidiary of Atlantex Ltd, Greenville, South
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 28, 2003, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of February 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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