DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,394

MICRO COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY, INC. (MCT)
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated December 19, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Micro Component
Technology, Inc. (MCT), St. Paul, Minnesota. The workers at the
subject firm produced semiconductor test and assembly equipment;
they are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
decreased absolutely from 2002 to January 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the preponderance
of declines in employment at the subject division is related to a
shift in production of semiconductor test and assembly equipment to
Penang, Malaysia.
Moreover, the Department of Labor has determined that imports
of semiconductor test and assembly equipment are likely to
increase.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with semiconductor test and assembly
equipment produced at Micro Component Technology, Inc. (MCT), St.
Paul, Minnesota contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production and
at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Micro Component Technology, Inc. (MCT), St.
Paul, Minnesota who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 18, 2001 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of January, 2003


/s/Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance