DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,610

SOLAR WORLD INDUSTRY SERVICES, INC.
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Solar World
Industry Services, Inc., Vancouver, Washington (Solar World).
The workers produce silicon crystal ingots.
The investigation revealed that workers of Solar World, who
are engaged in employment related to silicon crystal ingots,
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Solar World was separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
by Solar World to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with silicon crystal ingot.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of silicon
crystal ingot production to Russia contributed importantly to
worker separations at Solar World, Vancouver, Washington.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Solar World Industry
Services, Inc., Vancouver, Washington, who are engaged in
employment related to silicon crystal ingot production, 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 Solar World Industry Services, Inc.,
Vancouver, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 21, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on 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 15th day of December, 2009

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance