DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,323

TERADYNE, INC.
OPERATIONS DIVISION
OF SEMI-COUNDUCTOR TEST DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CDI CORPORATION
NORTH READING, MASSACHUSETTS

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 18, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Teradyne, Inc., Operations Division of Semiconductor
Test Division, North Reading, Massachusetts. Workers assemble and
test automated test equipment and are separately identifiable.
The subject firm also leased workers from CDI Corporation.

Employment, sales, and production at the subject firm declined
during the period of January through September 2007, when compared
to the same time period in 2006.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm increased
imports of automated test equipment from 2005 to 2006, and during
the period of January through September 2007, when compared to the
same time period in 2006.
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 automated test equipment produced
by Teradyne, Inc., Operations Division of Semiconductor Test
Division, North Reading, Massachusetts, 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:
"Workers of Teradyne, Inc., Operations Division of
Semiconductor Test Division, including on-site leased workers
from CDI Corporation, North Reading, Massachusetts, engaged in
employment related to assembly and test of automated test
equipment, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 17, 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, 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 27th day of November 2007


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