DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,470

VETTE CORP
NORTH AMERICAN POWER DIVISION
ONTARIO, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of Vette Corp, North
American Power Division, Ontario, New York (Vette Corp). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
custom thermal heat sinks. The workers are not separately
identifiable by products produced.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Vette
Corp who are engaged in employment related to the production of
custom thermal heat sinks meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of custom thermal heat sinks by the subject
firm decreased during the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with custom thermal heat
sinks produced by Vette Corp have increased. Specifically, the
Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's
major declining customers regarding their purchases of custom
thermal heat sinks during the relevant period. The survey
revealed increased reliance on imports of custom thermal heat
sinks.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of custom thermal heat sinks by customers
of Vette Corp contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Vette Corp.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vette Corp, North
American Power Division, Ontario, New York, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of custom thermal heat
sinks meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:



"All workers of Vette Corp, North American Power Division,
Ontario, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 9th day of September 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance