DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,171

EVERETT CHARLES TECHNOLOGIES
CLIFTON PARK, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on September 20, 2007, and filed on behalf of workers at
Everett Charles Technologies, Clifton Park, New York. The workers
produce printed circuit board testing equipment.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declined
at the subject facility during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
printed circuit board testing equipment during 2005, 2006, and
January through September 2007 over the corresponding 2006 period.
The survey revealed that major customers increased their purchases
of imported printed circuit board testing equipment, while
decreasing their purchases from the subject firm during the
relevant time period.
In addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criteria 1 and 2 have not
been met.
The investigation revealed an insignificant number of workers
in the workers' firm are 50 years of age or older, and that the
workers possess skills that are easily transferable.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with printed circuit board testing
equipment produced at Everett Charles Technologies, Clifton Park,
New York, 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 Everett Charles Technologies, Clifton Park,
New York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 11, 2006, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974";
I further determine that all workers of Everett Charles
Technologies, Clifton Park, New York are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of November 2007.



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance