DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,622

SPRINGS GLOBAL US, INC.
FORMERLY SPRINGS INDUSTRIES
CHARLES D. OWEN MANUFACTURING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
DIVERSCO AND MANPOWER
SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (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 12, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Springs Global US, Inc., formerly Springs Industries,
Charles D. Owen Manufacturing, Swannanoa, North Carolina. The
workers at the subject firm produce woven and non-woven blankets;
they are not separately identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation also revealed that employment, sales and
production at the subject firm declined from 2004 to 2005.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of woven and non-woven blankets from 2004 to
2005.
The investigation revealed that Springs Global US, Inc.,
formerly Springs Industries, Charles D. Owen Manufacturing,
Swannanoa, North Carolina also leased workers on-site from Diversco
and Manpower to produce blankets.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of 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 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 an increase on imports of articles
like or directly competitive with woven and non-woven blankets
produced at the subject firm contributed importantly to the total
or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Springs Global US, Inc., formerly Springs
Industries, Charles D. Owen Manufacturing, including on-site
leased workers of Diversco and Manpower, Swannanoa, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 12, 2005, 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 31st day of January, 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance