DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,457

COHERENT, INC.
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS DEPARTMENT
AUBURN, 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on August 5, 2003, and filed on behalf of workers at
Coherent, Inc., Printed Circuit Boards Department, Auburn,
California. The workers produced printed circuit boards.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of printed circuit boards to Malaysia, and subsequently
importing those products into the United States.


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 Malaysia of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Coherent, Inc., Printed Circuit Boards
Department, Auburn, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 4,
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 8th day of August 2003.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance