DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,758

KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES
CORPORATE OFFICE
FORT WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 29, 2009, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., Corporate Office, Fort
Washington, Pennsylvania. The workers provide services in
support of the manufacture of semiconductor assembly equipment
and related tools.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kulicke and
Soffa Industries, Inc., Corporate Office, Fort Washington,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment in support of the
manufacture of semiconductor assembly equipment and related
tools meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a substantial number of
the workers have been laid off during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to China, Singapore, and Malaysia the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the services
supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
in support of the manufacture of semiconductor assembly
equipment and related tools by Kulicke and Soffa Industries,
Inc., Corporate Office, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania,
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Kulicke
and Soffa Industries, Inc., Corporate Office, Fort Washington,
Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kulicke and Soffa
Industries, Inc., Corporate Office, Fort Washington,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment in support of the
manufacture of semiconductor assembly equipment and related
tools 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 Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.,
Corporate Office, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 22, 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 7th day of October, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance