Culp International Holdings, Ltd. (Culp International), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, entered into a joint venture agreement pursuant to which Culp International owns fifty percent of CLASS International Holdings, Ltd (CLIH). CLIH produces cut and sewn mattress covers in an 80,000 square foot facility located in a modern industrial park on the northeastern border of Haiti, which borders the Dominican Republic. CLIH commenced production in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 and complements our mattress fabric operations with a reactive platform that enhances our ability to meet customer demand while adding a lower cost operation to our platform.

On December 20, 2019, CLIH entered into an agreement to construct an additional plant facility totaling 40,000 square feet, which is expected to be completed in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. This new plant facility will be near our existing operations and will provide additional capacity that will enhance our ability to produce sewn covers. This agreement requires payments totaling $1.2 million, of which $600,000 was paid in February 2020, $180,000 in May 2020, with a remaining balance of $420,000 to be paid upon completion.

CLIH incurred a net loss of $250,000, $227,000, and $532,000 in fiscal 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively. CLIH’s net loss during fiscal 2018 included initial start-up operating expenses. Culp International’s equity interest in these net losses were $125,000, $114,000, and $266,000 in fiscal 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

The following table summarizes information of assets, liabilities and members’ equity of our equity method investment in CLIH:

(dollars in thousands)	May 3, 2020		April 28, 2019
total assets	$	3,338	$	3,126
total liabilities	$	133	$	111
total members’ equity	$	3,205	$	3,015

At May 3, 2020 and April 28, 2019, our investment in CLIH totaled $1.6 million and $1.5 million, respectively, which represents the company’s fifty percent ownership in CLIH.