DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,196

TEXTILE PARTS AND MACHINE COMPANY
GASTONIA, 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 eligibility 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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on April 1, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Textile
Parts and Machine Company, Gastonia, North Carolina. The
subject firm workers produce machine parts (including gears,
studs, sprockets, and pulleys).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) was not met.
Textile Parts and Machine Company did not import products
like or directly competitive with those produced at the Gastonia
facility.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
declining customers of the subject firm regarding their
purchases of like or directly competitive products from the year
2000 to the present. Results of this survey revealed no customer
imports of competitive machine parts in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Textile Parts and Machine Company, Gastonia, 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 24th day of April 2002.

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