DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,303
HERMETIC SEAL CORPORATION
DIVISION OF AMETEK HCC INDUSTRIES
EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-63,303A
HERMETIC SEAL CORPORATION
DIVISION OF AMETEK HCC INDUSTRIES
ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA

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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 5, 2008, in response to
a petition filed by the California Employment Development
Department on behalf of workers of Hermetic Seal Corporation, El
Monte and Rosemead, California. The workers produce connectors,
headers and feedthrus. They are not separately identifiable by
specific product.
Sales and employment at the subject firm declined in January
through April of 2008 compared with the same period one year
earlier.
A survey conducted by the Department of Labor revealed that in
January through May 2008 major declining customers reduced
purchases of air bag sensors/feedthrus from the subject firm while
increasing imports of like or directly competitive products.
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 connectors, headers and feed
thrus produced at Hermetic Seal Corporation, El Monte, California
and Rosemead, California 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 Hermetic Seal Corporation, El Monte,
California and Rosemead, California who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 15, 2007
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 25th day of June, 2008

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance