DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-38,466

ARMTEX, INC.
PILOT MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-38,466-A

ARMTEX, INC.
GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-38,466-B

SURRY INDUSTRIES, LLC
PILOT MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on December 26, 2000, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Armtex, Inc.,
Pilot Mountain and Gastonia, North Carolina, and Surry Industries,
LLC, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. The workers produced dyed and
finished circular knit fabrics (jersey, fleece and pique).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm is not importing dyed and finished circular
knit fabrics (jersey, fleece and pique).
The Department of Labor surveyed customers of the subject firm
and found they have not been importing dyed and finished circular
knit fabrics (jersey, fleece and pique).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Armtex,
Inc., Pilot Mountain and Gastonia, North Carolina, and Surry
Industries, LLC, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of April 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance