DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,368

COHERENT, INC.
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS-AUBURN DIVISION
AUBURN, CALIFORNIA

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), as amended, 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 November 17, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Coherent, Inc., Electronic Products-Auburn Division,
Auburn, California. The workers produce electronic components and
assemblies.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on August 8, 2003 (TA-W-52,457). That
certification expired August 8, 2005.
This investigation revealed that employment and production
declined at the subject firm in January through September 2005
compared with the same period in 2004. Further separations are
anticipated.
The subject firm is shifting production of electronic
components and assemblies abroad and increasing company imports of
this product.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with electronic components and
assemblies produced at Coherent, Inc., Electronic Products-Auburn
Division, Auburn, California contributed importantly to the total
or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Coherent, Inc., Electronic Products-Auburn
Division, Auburn, California who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 9, 2005 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 12th day of December, 2005

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance