DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,535

KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
BROWNSVILLE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

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, 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 September 1, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of KEMET Electronics Corporation, Brownsville
Distribution Center, Brownsville, Texas. The workers at the
subject firm are engaged in activities related to the
distribution and related administrative services for electronic
capacitors produced by the firm.
The workers at the subject facility are threatened with
employment decline. The investigation determined that the
decline is a result of Kemet Electronics Corporation shifting a
portion of its U.S. production of electronic capacitors to a
country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with
the United States. The Brownsville Distribution Center is also
being relocated to Mexico.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
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 there has been a shift in
production from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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 KEMET Electronics Corporation, Brownsville
Distribution Center, Brownsville, Texas, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August
31, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of September, 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance