DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,789

FCI USA INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FCI, SA (FRANCE)
ETTERS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 February 6, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at FCI USA, Inc. a subsidiary of FCI, SA (France), Etters
Pennsylvania. Workers at the subject firm are engaged in research
and development of electronic connectors and component plastic
housings.
The investigation revealed employment declined as of January
2006.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that some of the
prototyping for electronic connectors and component plastic
housings at the subject firm has shifted from Etters, Pennsylvania
to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement
with the United States.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-50,122,
which expired on March 23, 2005.
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 facilities are age 50
or over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.



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 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 FCI USA, Inc. a subsidiary of FCI, SA
(France), Etters Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 27, 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 17th day of March 2006.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance