DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,120

PACKARD-HUGHES INTERCONNECT
D/B/A DELPHI MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
FOLEY OPERATIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF DELPHI PACKARD ELECTRIC
A DIVISION OF THE DELPHI CORPORATION
FOLEY, ALABAMA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 30, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Packard-Hughes Interconnect, d/b/a Delphi Mechatronic
Systems, Foley Operations, a subsidiary of Delphi Packard Electric,
a division of the Delphi Corporation, Foley, Alabama. The workers
at the subject firm produce printed circuit boards.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject facility decreased from 2002 to 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the companies to which the
subject firm submitted a bid for a contract to produce printed
circuit boards. The survey revealed that a contract was awarded to
foreign bidders. The subject firm was the lowest domestic bidder,
and those firms that out bid the subject firm were to produce
overseas.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with printed circuit boards produced
at Packard-Hughes Interconnect, d/b/a Delphi Mechatronic Systems,
Foley Operations, a subsidiary of Delphi Packard Electric, a
division of the Delphi Corporation, Foley, Alabama 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 Packard-Hughes Interconnect, d/b/a Delphi
Mechatronic Systems, Foley Operations, a subsidiary of Delphi
Packard Electric, a division of the Delphi Corporation, Foley,
Alabama who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 28, 2003, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of March 2004.


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance