Spirit Apparel Inc

Some of the busiest workers at Spirit Apparel Inc. these days are washing down equipment that's being stripped from the factory. Slammed by burgeoning costs, the Orange County silk-screening company is laying off most of its 200 employees this month, when it will shift production to a new facility in Mexico. "We cut everything we could think of, but it just wasn't enough," said President Al Rowland, watching employees folding some of the last sweat shirts to be printed at the Irvine plant.