DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,766

VISHAY SPRAGUE SANFORD, INC.
SANFORD, MAINE

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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on January 31, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Vishay Sprague Sanford, Inc., Sanford,
Maine. The workers produce tantalum capacitors.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production to a
country (Israel) that is a party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance on April 3, 2001 (TA-W-38,871).
That certification expires April 3, 2003.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Israel of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Vishay Sprague Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Maine
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 4, 2003 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of March 2003.


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