DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,470

HHITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA, INC.
LIFE SCIENCES DIVISION
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on January 6, 2003, filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.,
Life Sciences Division, San Jose, California. The workers are
engaged in the production of spectrophotometers.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined in the relevant time period, and
company imports of spectrophotometers correspondingly increased
during the same period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the flat rolled aluminum sheet plate
and coil produced at Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.,
Life Sciences Division, San Jose, California contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.,
Life Sciences Division, San Jose, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 19, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of March, 2003.

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance