DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,917

CIRCUIT-WISE, INC.
NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

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 May 17, 2004 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Circuit-Wise, Inc., North Haven, Connecticut. The workers at the
subject firm produce printed circuit boards.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject facility decreased from 2002 to April of
2004.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm did
not import a significant level of printed circuit boards or shift
production to a foreign country during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's major
customers regarding their purchases of printed circuit boards.
This survey revealed increases in imports of printed circuit boards
during the period under investigation.
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 Circuit-Wise, Inc., North Haven, Connecticut 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 Circuit-Wise, Inc., North Haven, Connecticut
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after May 14, 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 28th day of June 2004.



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