DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,212

FIBER INNOVATORS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
FORMERLY DURAFIBERS
A SUBSIDIARY OF POLYQUEST, INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ARTHUR SERVICES
INCORPORATED AND PERSONNEL SERVICES UNLIMITED
GROVER, NORTH 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 25, 2019, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fiber Innovators International, LLC, formerly
Durafibers, a subsidiary of PolyQuest, Incorporated, including
on-site leased workers from Arthur Services Incorporated and
Personnel Services Unlimited, Grover, North Carolina
(hereafter referred to as "Fiber Innovators International,
LLC").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of polyester sewing thread.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of polyester sewing thread by Fiber
Innovators International, LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Fiber Innovators International, LLC have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Fiber Innovators International, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fiber Innovators
International, LLC, formerly Durafibers, a subsidiary of
PolyQuest, Incorporated, including on-site leased workers from
Arthur Services Incorporated and Personnel Services Unlimited,
Grover, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of polyester sewing thread 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 Fiber Innovators International, LLC,
formerly Durafibers, a subsidiary of PolyQuest,
Incorporated, including on-site leased workers from
Arthur Services, Incorporated and Personnel Services
Unlimited, Grover, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
23, 2018, 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 13th day of March 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance