DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,021

DURAFIBER TECHNOLOGIES
GROVER, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-93,021A

DURAFIBER TECHNOLOGIES
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-93,021B

DURAFIBER TECHNOLOGIES
HUNTERSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-93,021C

DURAFIBER TECHNOLOGIES
WINNSBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA


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), are
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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 19, 2017 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Durafiber Technologies, Grover, North Carolina (TA-W-93,021),
Salisbury, North Carolina (TA-W-93,021A), Huntersville, North
Carolina (TA-W-93,021B), and Winnsboro, South Carolina (TA-W-
93,021C). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of polyester fiber and fabric.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Durafiber Technologies, Grover,
North Carolina, Salisbury, North Carolina, Huntersville, North
Carolina, and Winnsboro, South Carolina, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with those produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Durafiber
Technologies, Grover, North Carolina, Salisbury, North Carolina,
Huntersville, North Carolina, and Winnsboro, South Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Durafiber Technologies,
Grover, North Carolina, Salisbury, North Carolina, Huntersville,
North Carolina, and Winnsboro, South Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of polyester fiber and fabric,
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 Durafiber Technologies, Grover, North
Carolina (TA-W-93,021), Salisbury, North Carolina (TA-W-
93,021A), Huntersville, North Carolina (TA-W-93,021B), and
Winnsboro, South Carolina (TA-W-93,021C), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July 18,
2016 through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
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 20th day of February 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance