DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,401

SV MICROWAVE COMPONENTS GROUP
A DIVISION OF HCG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
LARGO, FLORIDA

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 on April 3, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
SV Microwave Components Group, a division of HCG Technologies,
Inc., Largo, Florida. The workers at the subject firm produced
single processing components (mixers, modulators and demodulators,
directional couplers, power splitters, phase shifters and
attenuators, hybrids and matching transformers).
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
decreased absolutely during 2001, 2002, and during the period of
January to March of 2003, when compared to the same period in 2002.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the preponderance
of declines in employment at the subject firm is related to a shift
in production of single processing components to Costa Rica.
Moreover, the Department of Labor has determined that imports
of single processing components are likely to increase.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with single processing components
produced at SV Microwave Components Group, a division of HCG
Technologies, Inc., Largo, Florida 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 SV Microwave Components Group, a division of
HCG Technologies, Inc., Largo, Florida who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 31, 2002
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 in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of May, 2003



/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance