DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,500

EMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
A PART OF SMITHS INTERCONNECT
A DIVISION OF THE SMITHS INDUSTRIAL GROUP
A DIVISION OF SMITHS GROUP PLC.
CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY

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 on April 15, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a state official on behalf of workers at EMC
Technologies, Inc., a part of Smiths Interconnect, a division of
Smiths Industrial Group, a division of Smith Group, PLC, Cherry
Hill, New Jersey. The workers at the subject facility produce
passive electronic components; they are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of passive
electronic components to a beneficiary country (Costa Rica) under
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Costa Rica 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 EMC Technologies, Inc., a part of Smiths
Interconnect, a division of Smiths Industrial Group, a
division of Smith Group, PLC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 15, 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 15th day of May, 2003.



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