DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,198

TOUCHSENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF METHODE ELECTRONICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM KAY AND ASSOCIATES
WHEATON, ILLINOIS

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 February 10, 2009, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of TouchSensor
Technologies, LLC, a subsidiary of Methode Electronics, Wheaton,
Illinois. The workers produce user interface panels (electronic
keypads).
The investigation revealed that the preponderance of the
employment decline at the subject facility is related to a shift in
production of user interface panels to a country (Mexico) that is
party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
In addition, 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 conclude that there was 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:



"All workers of TouchSensor Technologies, LLC, a subsidiary of
Methode Electronics, including on-site leased workers from Kay
and Associates, Wheaton, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 6,
2008, 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 20th day of February 2009


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