DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,754

ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES
A SUBSIDIARY OF EMERSON NETWORK POWER
REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA

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 July 20, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Artesyn Technologies, a subsidiary of Emerson Network
Power, Redwood Falls, Minnesota. The workers produce AC/DC and
DC/DC power supplies.
The workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under petition
number TA-W-53,888. The certification expired March 11, 2006.
The preponderance of a threat to a decline in employment at
the subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
AC/DC and DC/DC power supplies to China. It is likely that U.S.
imports of these articles will increase.
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 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 conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that
are like or directly competitive with AC/DC and DC/DC power
supplies produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there
has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Artesyn Technologies, a subsidiary of
Emerson Network Power, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 12, 2006, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 3rd day of August, 2006

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