DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,650

BOURNS, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS SSI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER AND SPHERION
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN

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 December 20, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bourns, Inc., formerly known as SSI Technologies, Inc.,
Bourns Automotive Division, Janesville, Wisconsin. Workers at the
subject firm manufacture speed and EPS sensors for the automotive
industry. Workers are separately identifiable by product line.
The subject firm also leased workers from Manpower and
Spherion, to work on-site at the Janesville facility.

The investigation revealed that employment declined from 2005
to 2006.
Furthermore, the subject firm shifted the production of speed
sensors to a country (Mexico) that is party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
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:
"Workers of Bourns, Inc., formerly known as SSI Technologies,
Inc., Bourns Automotive Division, Janesville, Wisconsin,
including on-site leased workers of Manpower and Spherion,
engaged in employment related to the production of speed
sensors, who became totally separated from employment on
December 19, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of January 2007


/s/Linda G. Poole

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