DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,046

GUILFORD PERFORMANCE TEXTILES
KENANSVILLE, 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 (19 USC
2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 15, 2008 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Guilford
Performance Textiles, Kenansville, North Carolina. The workers
produce automotive textiles. The workers are not separately
identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplied
automotive textiles used in the production of automotive headliners
to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance. Decreased sales to the primary
firm contributed importantly to workers' separations or threat
thereof workers at the subject firm during the relevant period.
In addition, 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 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 workers of Guilford Performance
Textiles, Kenansville, North Carolina, qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Guilford Performance Textiles, Kenansville,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 4, 2007, 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 eligible to apply for alternative trade adjust-
ment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 31st day of October 2008.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance