Albert A. Frink is the former Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing Services of U.S. Commerce Department, an office which was dubbed "manufacturing czar", by the press. Congress created the position in early 2004 (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, P.L. 108–199, 118 Stat. 3, 65 (Jan. 23, 2004)) to ostensibly combat the loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector. Prior his appointment as an Assistant Secretary in the Commerce Department, Frink was a California-based carpet manufacturer who co-founded Fabrica International.